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References for Self-employment and poverty in developing countries
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Further reading
- Baumol, W. J., Schilling, M. A. "Entrepreneurship" In: Durlauf, S. N., Blume, L. E. (eds). The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Charmes, J. "The informal economy worldwide: Trends and characteristics" Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research 6:2 (2012): 103–132.
- Fox, L., Sohnesen, T. Household Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why They Matter for Growth, Jobs, and Livelihoods. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012.
- Gindling, T. H., Newhouse, D. "Self-employment in the developing world" World Development 56 (2014): 313−331.
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Key references
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World Bank Poverty and Shared Prosperity
2018. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2018. Key reference: [1]
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Fields, G. S. Working Hard, Working Poor. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Key reference: [2]
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ILO World Employment Social Outlook
2018. Geneva: ILO, 2018. Key reference: [3]
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Fields, G. S. Confronting Africa's Employment
Problem Background Paper Prepared for the
African Development Bank's Program on Jobs in Africa, 2018. Key reference: [4]
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Banerjee, A. V., Duflo, E. Poor Economics. New York: PublicAffairs Press, 2011. Key reference: [5]
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McKenzie, D., Bruhn, M. Entry Regulation and Formalization
of Microenterprises in Developing Countries World Bank Policy Research Working
Paper No.6507, 2013. Key reference: [6]
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Margolis, D. N. "By choice and by necessity:
Entrepreneurship and self-employment in the developing world" European Journal of Development
Research 26:4 (2014): 419−436. Key reference: [7]
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Poschke, M. "Entrepreneurs out of necessity: A
snapshot" Applied Economics Letters 20:7 (2012): 658−663. Key reference: [8]
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Chen, M. A. The Informal Economy: Definitions,
Theories and Policies. Cambridge, MA: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, 2012. Key reference: [9]
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Skinner, C. "The struggle for the streets:
Processes of exclusion and inclusion of street vendors in Durban, South
Africa" Development Southern Africa 25:2 (2008): 227−242. Key reference: [10]
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World Bank World Development Report 2013:
Jobs. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2013. Key reference: [11]
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World Bank Poverty and Shared Prosperity
2018. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2018.
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Additional References
- Chen, M., Doane, D. Informality in South Asia: A Review. Cambridge, MA: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, 2008.
- De Mel, S., McKenzie, D., Woodruff, C. "Who are the microenterprise owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka" In: Lerner, J., Schoar, A. (eds). International Differences in Entrepreneurship. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- Fields, G. S. Self-Employment in the Developing World Background Research Paper Submitted to the UN High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 2013.
- Grimm, M., Knorringa, P., Lay, J. "Constrained gazelles: High potentials in West Africa's informal economy" World Development 40:7 (2012): 1352–1368.
- Heintz, J., Valodia, I. Informality in Africa: A Review. Cambridge, MA: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, 2008.
- Narayan, D., Chambers, R., Shah, M. K., Petesch, P. Voices of the Poor: Crying Out for Change. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Rosenzweig, M. R. "Thinking Small: A Review of Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo" Journal of Economic Literature 50:1 (2012): 115–127.