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959603
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b713973
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Oviedo, Ana María.
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Economic informality : : causes, costs, and policies : a literature survey /\ Ana Maria Oviedo, Mark R. Thomas, Kamer Karakurum-Özdemir.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, DC :: World Bank,, 2009.
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World Bank working paper ;; no. 167
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1 online resource (vi, 42 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0821379976
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: 1282293516
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: 6612293519
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: 9780821379974
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: 9781282293519
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: 9786612293511
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0821379968
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9780821379967
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction. -- 2. What Is Informal Economic Activity? -- Informal Activity in Developing and Developed Economies -- 3. Causes and Costs of Informal Activities -- Causes: Cross-Country vs. Microdata Studies -- Costs of Informality of the Firm -- Aggregate Costs -- Costs of Informal Employment -- Are There Benefits of Informality? -- 4. Policies to Reduce Informality -- Increasing Tax Compliance -- Encouraging Business Creation and Growth -- Strengthening Enforcement -- Creating a More Inclusive Social Protection System -- Building Trust and Collective Incentives.
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This survey assembles recent theoretical and empirical advances in the literature on economic informality and analyzes the causes and costs of informality in developed and developing economies. Using recent evidence, the survey discusses the nature and roots of informal economic activity across countries, distinguishing between informality as the result of "exclusion" and "exit." The survey provides an extensive review of recent international experience with policies aimed at reducing informality, in particular, policies that facilitate the formalization process, create a framework for the tra.
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Economic development.
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Informal sector (Economics)
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Développement économique.
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Secteur informel (Économie politique)
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- General.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Reference.
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Economic development.
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Informal sector (Economics)
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330
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HD2341.O95 2009eb
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Karakurum-Özdemir, Kamer.
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Thomas, Mark R., (Mark Roland),1966-
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World Bank.
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