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Informality revisited, Volume 1

Author:	Maloney, William;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper series ; no. WPS 2965
Date Stored:	2003/02/15	Document Date:	2003/01/31
Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper	Language:	English
Report Number:	WPS2965	Sub Sectors:	General industry and trade sector
SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Work & Working Conditions; Labor Standards; Banks & Banking Reform; Health Monitoring & Evaluation; Labor Policies; Public Health Promotion	Volume No:	1

Summary: The author develops a view of the informal sector in developing countries primarily as an unregulated micro-entrepreneurial sector and not as a disadvantaged residual of segmented labor markets. Drawing on recent work from Latin America, he offers alternative explanations for many of the characteristics of the informal sector customarily regarded as evidence of its inferiority.


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