Abstract: All countries have a formal economy and an informal economy. But, on average, in developing countries the relative size of the informal sector is considerably larger than in developed countries. This paper argues that this has important implications for housing policy in developing countries. That most poor households derive their income from informal employment effectively precludes income-contingent transfers as a method of redistribution. Also, holding fixed real economic activity, the larger is the relative size of the informal sector, the lower is fiscal capacity, and the more distortionary is government provision of a given level of goods and services, which restricts the desirable scale and scope of government policy. For t...
The aim of this paper is to show how the interplay between social needs and economic realities affec...
Purpose — This chapter evaluates the cross-national variations in the proportion of employment that ...
This thesis consists of three distinct essays on development economics. In chapter 2, I examine the ...
Throughout the developing world the informal (“black”) economy is a current issue. It constitutes a ...
Developing economies worldwide have experienced rapid informal sector expansion in response to forma...
Informality is ubiquitous in most developing countries. Understanding the informal economy is theref...
Paper Session - Housing: Affordability, Assistance, and SubsidiesThe concepts and definitions of hou...
Over the past two decades, the state has slowly re-emerged as a central actor in the global developm...
In combining empirical and theoretical approaches, this thesis examines the development and distribu...
The informal economy exists in both developing and developed nations, though it is most often associ...
Shelter is a basic human need for which financial means are required. Poorer sections of society fac...
Over recent decades, the management and delivery of housing assistance measures in many developed ec...
This paper explores aspects of increased informalization in developing countries with the help of a ...
This paper discusses the concepts of standard of living, modest incomes and suggests the methods of ...
Conceptualizing the urban economy in a dualistic framework generated debate since it was first intro...
The aim of this paper is to show how the interplay between social needs and economic realities affec...
Purpose — This chapter evaluates the cross-national variations in the proportion of employment that ...
This thesis consists of three distinct essays on development economics. In chapter 2, I examine the ...
Throughout the developing world the informal (“black”) economy is a current issue. It constitutes a ...
Developing economies worldwide have experienced rapid informal sector expansion in response to forma...
Informality is ubiquitous in most developing countries. Understanding the informal economy is theref...
Paper Session - Housing: Affordability, Assistance, and SubsidiesThe concepts and definitions of hou...
Over the past two decades, the state has slowly re-emerged as a central actor in the global developm...
In combining empirical and theoretical approaches, this thesis examines the development and distribu...
The informal economy exists in both developing and developed nations, though it is most often associ...
Shelter is a basic human need for which financial means are required. Poorer sections of society fac...
Over recent decades, the management and delivery of housing assistance measures in many developed ec...
This paper explores aspects of increased informalization in developing countries with the help of a ...
This paper discusses the concepts of standard of living, modest incomes and suggests the methods of ...
Conceptualizing the urban economy in a dualistic framework generated debate since it was first intro...
The aim of this paper is to show how the interplay between social needs and economic realities affec...
Purpose — This chapter evaluates the cross-national variations in the proportion of employment that ...
This thesis consists of three distinct essays on development economics. In chapter 2, I examine the ...