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References for Defining informality vs mitigating its negative effects
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Further reading
- García-Verdú, R. Measurement of the Shadow Economy or Shadowy Measurement?. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2007.
- Perry, G., Maloney, W., Arias, O., Fajnzylber, P., Mason, A., Saavedra-Chanduvi, J. Informality: Exit and Exclusion. Washington, DC: World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2007.
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Key references
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Schneider, F., Buehn, A., Montenegro, C. Shadow Economies
All Over the World: New Estimates for 162 Countries from 1999 to
2007 World Bank Policy
Research Working Paper No.5356, 2010. Key reference: [1]
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Ruppert Bulmer, E., Watson, S., de Padua, D., Garlati, A. Paraguay Jobs
Diagnostic: The Dynamic Transformation of Employment in
Paraguay. Washington, DC: World Bank Jobs Group, 2017. Key reference: [2]
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ILO Non-Standard
Employment around the World: Understanding Challenges, Shaping
Prospects. Geneva: ILO, 2016. Key reference: [3]
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Kanbur, R. "Conceptualising
informality: Regulation and enforcement" Indian Journal of
Labour Economics 52:1 (2009): 33–42. Key reference: [4]
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Fields, G. S. Informality: It’s
Time to Stop Being Alice-in-Wonderland-ish Wiego Research
Paper, 2011. Key reference: [5]
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Levy, S. Good Intentions,
Bad Outcomes: Social Policy, Informality and Economic Growth in
Mexico. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2008. Key reference: [6]
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Benjamin, N., Mbaye, A. Informality,
Growth and Development in Africa WIDER Working
Paper No.2014/052, 2014. Key reference: [7]
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Heintz, J. How Macroeconomic
Policy Can Support Economic Development in Sub-Saharan African
Countries (2012). Key reference: [8]
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Lewis, A. "Economic
development with unlimited supplies of labour" The Manchester
School 22:2 (1954): 139–191. Key reference: [9]
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Harris, J., Todaro, M. "Migration,
unemployment and development: A two-sector analysis" The American
Economic Review 60:1 (1970): 126–142. Key reference: [10]
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Steel, W. F., Snodgrass, D. "Raising
productivity and reducing risks of household enterprises:
Diagnostic methodology framework" World Bank Africa
Region Analysis on the Informal Economy. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2008. Key reference: [11]
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Benjamin, N., Mbaye, A., Thione Diop, I., Golub, S., Haughton, D., Bouna Niang, B. The Informal
Sector in Francophone Africa: Firm Size, Productivity and
Institutions Africa Development
Forum Report No.69935, 2012. Key reference: [12]
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Henley, A., Arabsheibani, G. R., Carneiro, F. G. On Defining and
Measuring the Informal Sector Policy Research
Working Paper No.3866, 2006. Key reference: [13]
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Schneider, F., Buehn, A., Montenegro, C. Shadow Economies
All Over the World: New Estimates for 162 Countries from 1999 to
2007 World Bank Policy
Research Working Paper No.5356, 2010.
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Additional References
- Canagarajah, S., Sethuraman, S. V. Social Protection and the Informal Sector in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities World Bank Social Protection Discussion Paper Series No.0130, 2001.
- Cunningham, W., Maloney, W. F. "Heterogeneity among Mexico’s microenterprises: An application of factor and cluster analysis" Economic Development and Cultural Change 50:1 (2001): 131–156.
- Fields, G. S. "Labor market modelling and the urban informal sector: Theory and evidence" The Informal Sector Revisited. Paris: OECD, 1990.
- Filmer, D., Fox, L., Brooks, K., Goyal, A., Mengistae, T., Premand, P., Ringold, D., Sharma, S., Zorya, S. "Youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa" African Development Forum (2014).
- Hart, K. "Informal income opportunities and urban employment in Ghana" The Journal of Modern African Studies 11:1 (1973): 61–89.
- Harris, J., Todaro, M. "Migration, unemployment and development: A two-sector analysis" The American Economic Review 60:1 (1970): 126–142.
- Hassan, M., Schneider, F. Size and Development of the Shadow Economies of 157 Countries Worldwide: Updated and New Measures from 1999 to 2013 IZA Discussion Paper No.10281, 2016.
- Honorati, M., Johansson de Silva, S. "Expanding job opportunities in Ghana" Directions in Development: Human Development. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2016.
- Hussmanns, R. Defining and Measuring Informal Employment. Geneva: Bureau of Statistics, ILO, 2004.
- ILO The Informal Economy in Africa: Promoting Transition to Formality; Challenges and Strategies. Geneva: Bureau of Statistics, ILO, 2009.
- ILO Measuring Informality: A Statistical Manual on the Informal Sector and Informal Employment. Geneva: Bureau of Statistics, ILO, 2013.
- ILO Decent Work and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Geneva: Bureau of Statistics, ILO, 2017.
- Loayza, N. Informality in the Process of Development and Growth. Washington, DC: World Bank Research Department, 2016.
- Mbaye, A., Benjamin, N., Golub, S., Ekomie, J. The Urban Informal Sector in Francophone Africa: Large versus Small Enterprises in Benin, Burkina Faso and Senegal University of Cape Town Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper No.201405, 2014.
- Packard, T., Koettl, J., Montenegro, C. In From the Shadow: Integrating Europe’s Informal Labor World Bank, Directions in Development: Human Development No.70602, 2012.
- Ruppert Bulmer, E. A Framework for Understanding and Addressing Informality: Who Does it Affect, Why Does it Matter, and What Can Be Done?. Washington, DC: Jobs Group, World Bank, 2017.
- Ruppert Bulmer, E., Perinet, M., Aterido, R., Robalino, D., Elzir, A., Iacovone, L. Peru Jobs Diagnostic: Dynamics of Job Creation Implications for the Future. Washington, DC: Jobs Group, World Bank, 2017.
- World Bank World Development Report 2013: Jobs. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012.