Sentences with phrase «informal economies»

Rather than grouping the artists geographically, the exhibition explores the thematic and material relationships between the artists to address themes that transcend particular locations such as peace and social violence; race, power, and identity; informal economies and corporate impact on the environment; memory; architecture, light and space.

It is one of many such neighbourhoods across the subcontinent — intensely hybrid areas in which informal economies flourish.

The presence of Chinese nationals in Africa's informal economies — displacing petty traders and artisanal gold miners at the bottom of the socio - economic ladder in places like Congo, Mozambique and Zambia — will continue to be a flashpoint for China - Africa relations, as will the volume of cheap Chinese goods moving through porous borders.

As such, their study showed that informal economies account for 30 % of direct costs to internet disruptions — amplifying the previous estimates of loss percentages and their direct socio - economic impact.

Colourful always, inspiring sometimes; but the great tension is how to reconcile the formal and informal economies, if at all.

With over 90 % of the labour force in the informal economy, it is very difficult to assess the impact of policy actions and measure true growth.

Even countries like Canada have an informal economy, estimated to be worth $ 42.4 billion by Statistics Canada (2012).

Measures aimed at increasing financial penetration and bringing swathes of the informal economy into the formal economy are supportive of long - term growth, in our view.

The Philippine organizers of the Global March mention following: widespread poverty and social inequality resulting in the erosion of the family's capacity to nurture and protect children, the rise of informal economy requiring simple skills and technologies, globalization of capitalism where underdeveloped nations provide the rich with cheap labor, disrupted family patterns due to migration, AIDS, etc. and inadequate basic services from government, including education, due to cut of the state budget of non-profit sectors to follow structural adjustment programme dictated by the IMF and the World Bank.

That does not include income from what is politely called the informal economy.

A mere 8 % of the labor force is in the formal economy while over 90 % work in the informal economy.

They are also resorting to the informal economy by farming out or sub-contracting work, e.g. in textiles and electronics.

For some business women in Liberia, pursuing their most creative ideas is too risky; the margins between prosperity and poverty in this informal economy are paper - thin.

«The downside is if people aren't in touch with the system they may be turning to the informal economy to make ends meet,» he added.

More people could be pushed into Britain's informal economy because of new government sanctions imposed on benefit claimants, a think - tank has claimed.

This means that while public services — such as the replacement of a lost national identity card or primary or secondary education — have official costs (in the formal economy) they often are now accompanied by supplementary costs that are pocketed by the civil servant as a means to supplement lost salary (informal economy), this is one manifestation of the barter within a cash economy.

It is important not to lose sight of the political and economic functions of the system of haggling in African countries and the context that enables the informal economy to thrive.

But King Jimmy Bridge, and the tunnels that it took down with it, had particular significance to the many young people who make a precarious living in the neighbouring streets» vibrant informal economy.

This simple, single action would reduce the size of the informal economy.

It estimates that around # 9.3 billion of housing repair, maintenance and improvement work was undertaken in the informal economy in 2010.

Other European countries have reduced the rate of VAT for the home improvement market in order to tackle the informal economy and create new jobs and growth in this important economic sector.

What's more, an overwhelming majority of women are in the informal economy, subsidizing care and domestic work.

So what happened within the informal economy is not even accounted for here».

The hope then is that, alongside the traditional peer - reviewed journals, an open, informal economy will soon flourish, replacing the closed, semiformal information market that e-mail encourages.

Luckily, this is going to change quite soon as the World Wide Web is now making it easy to construct more open marketplaces for the informal economy.

Exchanges in the informal economy drive innovation, those in the formal economy provide the historical record, duly certified.

All workers, including civil servants and members of the informal economy, should be able to unionise.

A survey conducted by the International Labor Organization (ILO) showed that in countries such as Cambodia, Liberia, Malawi and Peru, more than 80 % of youth are working in the informal economy, often leading to underemployment or exploitation.

Since taking power he has increased the minimum wage by 50 % (however an estimated 6 out of 10 Bolivians are part of the «informal economy» so such legally mandated changes have a relatively limited effect).

We also got our first taste of Rosarito's competitive informal economy.

He notes that the lives of overseas domestic workers currently exist «in the relative shadows»; that overseas domestic workers are «universally acknowledged to be in a position of special vulnerability» (the reasons for this including employment in an «informal economy» and employment by diplomatic agents) and that given that the exploitation of domestic workers is «hidden abuse», akin to domestic violence and child abuse, «what is currently seen and known is highly unlikely to be the full extent of the abuse.

However, we believe that in the long - term, public blockchains, especially those based on work, will come to take a more significant part in the «System D' informal economy, which is where most of the global economic growth will originate.»

«Cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, are a money substitute contributing to the growth of the informal economy, and can not be used by citizens and legal entities in the Russian Federation.

, where System D refers to the underground and informal economy that makes up one sixth of the world's GDP.

In fact, the transparency that blockchain provides would be well received in a country like India where over 80 % of the working population operate within an informal economy.

And how can we move more women out of the informal economy and into stabler, formal positions?

The global informal economy is only growing.

Not exact matches

When considering frontier markets, businesses should never underestimate the competition from these economies» informal sectors.

While many IoT scenarios involving huge industrial companies around the world center on business - to - business transactions, the subscription economy is also giving birth to new consumer services, Tzuo told me when we met for an informal chat over the summer.

As the country grapples with how to turn a mostly informal $ 2.2 trillion economy into a digital one, a number of startups are popping up to make the transition slightly less painful.

Secondly, he noted «the root causes of the global crisis have not been prop ¬ erly tackled» with the financial system remaining «the Achilles heel of the world economy» and thirdly, «little progress is being made in reducing working poverty and vulnerable forms of employment such as informal jobs and undeclared work.»

Statistics Canada recently released this report on the underground economy in Canada — essentially an attempt to gauge the extent of «market - based economic activities, whether legal or illegal, that escape measurement because of their hidden, illegal or informal nature.»

Rather than hitch your strategy to a candidate, it may be wisest to observe the informal motto of the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign: «It's the economy, stupid.»

Like much of the developing world, Afghanistan has a well - established, yet informal, economy of street vendors, neighborhood shops and cottage industries.

Specifically, the Senate Committee recommended: (1) that the ACCC re-open its informal review of ADM's proposed acquisition of GrainCorp and obtain independent expert advice when conducting that review; (2) that the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) consider evidence from the committee's hearings, potential loss of taxpayer revenie, the potential for the takover to «distort the capital market to the detriment of Australian farmers and Australia's economy due to food security concerns» and the need to «protect the public interest and the interests of grain growers» when making its recommendation to the Treasurer.

of Vermont («Sisters on a Journey: Portraits of North American Midwives»); Jess Fallon, Women's Studies, Wesleyan; Pamela Klassen, Religion, Drew University (spirituality in home birth); Maureen May, Syracuse University (midwifery politics and legislation in New York state); Christina Player (midwifery politics in Massachusetts); Melissa Denmark, University of Florida (the development of direct - entry midwifery legislation in Florida); Fern McGill, Antioch University (an investigation of feminist positions on childbirth), Kate Masley (the political economy of reproduction in Honduras and in Cleveland, Ohio), and others not listed here; and as an informal advisor to dozens more.

Most simply, this refers to the coexistence of systems of both goods - based and cash - based exchange for services rendered, marked by the existence of parallel economies within one system: One formal and the other informal.

Haggling and bargaining for (supplemental) salaries is a byproduct of a combination of the increase in the price of commodity goods, a decrease in real salary and the intertwining of the formal economy with the informal.

Mr. Speaker, the 2018 - 2021 Budget is informed by the President's Coordinated Programme for Economic and Social Development Policies which aims at creating a conducive environment for the private sector to thrive, propel growth and create employment opportunies, especially for the youth.In this regard, Government's policy objectives for the medium term will aim at: • Stabilizing the economy and setting it on a path of sustained, diversified and resilient growth; • Optimizing the key sources of growth in the economy on sustainable basis; • Enhancing a competitive and enabling business environment for private sector - led growth; • Formalizing the informal sector; • Building a strong and resilient economy able to withstand internal and external shocks; • Promoting agro-industrial enterprises as the basis for the «One District, One Factory» initiative; and • Creating entrepreneurial and employment opportunities, especially for the youth.

A cut in VAT will support legitimate tradesmen and prevent an informal cash economy from flourishing.