Examining responses to informality in the Global South: A framework for community land trusts and informal settlements
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DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2019.102108
Abstract: Abstract Informality has been a predominant source of affordable housing for the urban poor in the Global South. Despite many efforts to eliminate and/or improve informal settlements, these communities still prevail as one of the… read more here.
Keywords: framework; global south; informal settlements; informality ... See more keywords
The impact of informality on inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does financial inclusion matter?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2021.03.009
Abstract: Abstract Rising poverty levels in Sub-Saharan Africa requires a better understanding of inclusive growth determinants to develop effective policy responses. Using panel data from 44 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990–2018, we compute measures… read more here.
Keywords: informality; growth; financial inclusion; sub saharan ... See more keywords
Social Security reform in the presence of informality
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DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2020.10.001
Abstract: Abstract As populations age, countries across the globe are dealing with the issue of how to fund retirement consumption for their workers. The design of Social Security programs is more difficult when the country also… read more here.
Keywords: informality; reform; welfare gains; social security ... See more keywords
Informality-sustainable city nexus: The place of informality in advancing sustainable Ghanaian cities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.102707
Abstract: Abstract Economic and spatial informality dominates the cityscape of countries in the Global South. From the perspective of urban practitioners and other stakeholders, there are two main schools of thought that discuss the roles of… read more here.
Keywords: sustainable city; informality; sustainable ghanaian; ghanaian cities ... See more keywords
Understanding informality in the intercity passenger ground transport market: A stylized model and policy implications
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.09.001
Abstract: Abstracts Based on a literature review on informality, this study builds a theoretical framework and proposes an original stylized model to understand transport informality in the context of a developing economy. Using simple economic premises… read more here.
Keywords: stylized model; transport market; transport; informality ... See more keywords
INEQUALITY, INFORMALITY, AND CREDIT MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
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DOI: 10.1017/s1365100516000663
Abstract: This paper develops a microfounded macroeconomic modeling framework to investigate the relationship between informality and the income distribution. We show that multiple equilibria may rise if credit markets are imperfect and that there is a… read more here.
Keywords: informality rate; credit; level inequality; inequality ... See more keywords
What policies to combat labour informality? Evidence from Mexico
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2019.1591597
Abstract: ABSTRACT Informality often concerns policymakers due to its negative implications on productivity and poverty. In recent years, the extent of informal employment has diverged across Mexican states. Varying informal employment dynamics within a comparable institutional… read more here.
Keywords: labour informality; informal employment; policies combat; informality ... See more keywords
Organised Informality and Suitcase Trading in the Pearl River Delta Region
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DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2018.1546888
Abstract: ABSTRACT Suitcase trade is a common activity along state borders in Asia. Existing scholarship has often viewed such suitcase trade as locally embedded activities characterised by informality. This article contends that this perception underestimates the… read more here.
Keywords: organised informality; informality; pearl river; delta region ... See more keywords
Mapping and the politics of informality in Jakarta
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DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2022.2059321
Abstract: ABSTRACT Recent research has argued that, rather than viewing the “informality” of settlements as an empirically stable phenomenon that can be readily defined and measured based on legal and institutional criteria, informality should instead be… read more here.
Keywords: mapping politics; politics informality; state; informality jakarta ... See more keywords
Compliant Defiance: Informality and Survival Among Protestant House Churches in China
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DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2018.1410985
Abstract: Abstract Protestant house churches have resorted to a form of subtle contestation which the author calls compliant defiance. Compliant defiance is the act of resisting central government policies while cooperating informally with actors in the… read more here.
Keywords: house churches; informality; compliant defiance; defiance ... See more keywords
Urban informality and parallel governance systems: shaping citizens’ engagements in urban planning processes in Bangladesh
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DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2021.1899902
Abstract: ABSTRACT Informality within the urban planning practice in developing countries is no longer synonymous to the prevalence of urban poverty but rather also associated with various forms of power and wealth accumulation. This paper uncovers… read more here.
Keywords: planning processes; governance systems; parallel governance; informality ... See more keywords