Informal workers are more likely to be poor than workers in the formal sector, both because they lack formal contracts and social protection and because they tend to be less educated. The prevalence ...

Informal employment in the formal sector was more concentrated than in the informal sector, amounting to 1.48mn (51.9%) and 1.34mn (47.2%) persons respectively. The Department of Statistics Malaysia ...

Informal sector workers are often not within a formal group and tend to have unpredictable or low incomes. Paying regular insurance premiums may impose a significant financial burden on them ...

We present a three-sector general equilibrium model with an informal sector, which produces an intermediate input for the formal sector, to analyze the effects of different policies on the ...

Taxation of both formal and informal sectors especially the informal sector is a challenge in most developing countries and Ghana is no exception. In Ghana, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA ...

In this sudden case, it requires that everyone in formal employment gets into saving ... That is why people in the informal sector see to it that they communally go for burials,” he says.

The informal sector in the Philippines, often overshadowed by the formal economy, is a vital force driving the country’s growth and resilience. It comprises a significant portion of the ...

Despite this significant contribution, there seems to be more interest in managing pensions for formal employees than those in the informal sector. “Why is it that there has been low ...

The informal sector in India dominates agriculture and allied services, the non-agricultural sector, and micro, small, and medium enterprises, except in finance, public administration, and defence ...

As such, while formal training is the recognised form training, only a minority access it. My research found that the informal sector plays a crucial role in the acquisition of vocational skills.