Research handbook on development and the informal economy / edited by Jacques Charmes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Charmes, Jacques, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Informal sector (Economics).

Economic development.

Labor supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

"This Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy captures the magnitude of the informal economy for the global labour force. It unravels numerous concepts, definitions and methods of data collection to offer valuable insight into the differences between the informal, non-observed and shadow economies. Situating the concept of the informal economy within the evolution of development theories, strategies and thinking over the past 50 years, this Research Handbook also explores the future direction of the informal economy. Chapters consider recent debates around the transition from the informal to the formal economy, a transition which would reshape the social contract between people and state. Expert international contributors examine a range of policies, actions, regions and groups of vulnerable workers to uncover which forms of organisation will lead to more power, recognition and sustainable livelihoods for the working poor. They also analyse how innovation, knowledge co-production and technological change at a grassroots level can improve the working and living conditions of the informal worker. This Research Handbook maps the changing landscape of the informal economy and will be an essential resource for academics, researchers and students in the fields of development studies, economics and international studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1 why and how should the informal economy be revisited after 50 years? / Jacques Charmes

Part I: Concepts and definitions, methods of measurement and estimation, magnitude and characteristics, and global conception of strategies

2 the success story of a loose but useful concept: Origins, development, magnitude and trends of the informal economy / Jacques Charmes

3 the non-observed economy vs. The shadow economy in the European Union: Concepts, measurements methods and estimates revisited / Philippe Adair

4 informality and development in Africa / Dorothy McCormick, Erick Manga, Radha Upadhyaya, Paul Kamau, Herbert Wamalwa and Samuel Ngigi

5 facing informal economy practices and institutions: The challenge of formalisation policies in Africa / Frédéric Lapeyre

Part II: Reconsidering the margins and frontiers of the informal economy

6 informal employment and non-market work / Nancy Folbre

7 assessing the figures of sex work throughout non-transition and transition European countries: Magnitude, premium on earnings and informal employment / Philippe Adair and Oksana Nezhyvenko

8 kinship groups and informal trade in west and central Africa / Stephen S. Golub and Mirayda Martinez

Part III: Giving visibility and voice to the most vulnerable: Observing, participating, supporting and organising

9 street vendors in tunisia: Encountering the informal economy / Laurence Michalak 10 Formalisation from the ground: the case of waste pickers' cooperatives / Sonia Maria Dias and Lucía Fernández 11 Collective bargaining by informal workers in the global South: where and how it takes place 285 Françoise Carré, Pat Horn and Chris Bonner 12 Knowledge co-production with and for organisations of informal workers: building democratic capacity for social change / Ana Carolina Ogando and Jenna Harvey

Part IV: Skills, innovation and impact of technological change in the informal economy

13 skills development and the informal sector: A review of reports and commitments of the international institutions / Kenneth King

14 informality and innovation: An avenue towards bottom-up industrialisation for Africa? / Erika Kraemer-Mbula and Lorenza Monaco

15 innovation in refugee economies: Supporting intermediaries that embrace informality / Jeremy de Beer and Nicole Tumaine

16 women in the informal economy and the impact of technological change / Jacques Charmes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78897-280-5