Sentences with phrase «informal economy»

There are aspects, many historical, many legal, many cultural, and economic that affect directly the maintenance of this reality: the colonial and slave enterprise, the international division of labor, the forced impoverishment that maintains people to live in survival, which in turn needs to force women into the care and the so called informal economy and to be cheap labor.

And it's hard to flatly condemn it when it's not only growing but has been «revealed to be a financial coping mechanism»; the European countries with the largest informal economies came out of the 2008 financial crisis better than did their more centrally planned peers.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Her works are critical of the exponential and irregular growth of Latin America's capitals, and reference informal economies and the dynamics of merchandise distribution systems.

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.»

The global informal economy is only growing.

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.

Italy still has a problem with a divergence between its prosperous, industry - heavy north and impoverished, informal economy of the south too.

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

Investigative journalist Robert Neuwirth explores some of the world's biggest «informal economies.»

The $ 10 - trillion «informal economy» of the title would rank second only to the United States were it captured within the construct of a formal economic body.

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.

Instead, many have operated in the informal economy, unable to invest in their long - term growth.

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.

Nor does GNP register the value of work in the informal economy such as household labor (Eckersley 1992).

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.

There is also a recognition of the extra challenges faced by women who work in the «informal economy», such as those in casual or freelance work, who don't always have the same protections as other women.

«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.

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.

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.

The two economic systems coexist and often overlap, with everyone participating in both, including foreigners, multinationals corporations, local government officials and foreign government officials (Mbembe traces the lineage of the informal economy in Francophone Africa to Gaullist practices during colonial and early postcolonial relations).

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.

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.

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has consistently warned consumers against being tempted by a cheap cash deal and is calling on the government to take practical steps to reduce the size of the informal economy.

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

Governor Ahmed emphasized that his administration's renewed drive for skills training and entrepreneurship was also spurred by the gradual transformation of the state from a civil service - driven environment to an economically vibrant state which must be sustained by promoting entrepreneurship and growing the private sector, especially the informal economy.

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.

As sharply as it delineates an America of spotty, informal economies, the film avoids articulating most of the people who live and work in these spaces.

Benefits of the growing global economy have been unevenly distributed leading to wider economic disparities, the feminization of poverty, increased gender inequality through often deteriorating working conditions and unsafe working environment especially in the informal economy and rural areas.

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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).

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.

Throughout the world, urban agriculture contributes to both formal and informal economies and provides an income to a large number of individuals and communities.

«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.