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The World Bank and IMF are using flawed logic in their quest to do away with the informal sector
Recent reports by the World Bank and the IMF claim, wrongly, that informal economies undermine efforts to boost tax income and economic growth
November 8, 2021
Politics & Policy
Informal sector: time to pay attention to tomorrow’s biggest employer
Decision makers seem oblivious to the fact that most young people will be employed in the informal sector
April 1, 2021
Politics & Policy
Aid helps, but ensuring stable access to affordable food is more sustainable
Governments must focus on keeping food supply chains working during Covid-19 lockdowns, and ensure that sufficient food reaches urban markets and that it remains affordable
April 19, 2020
Health
Opinion
Politics & Policy
The economic pain caused by Covid-19 shows we need to reshape African cities
In Africa, lockdowns to control the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak will hurt urban families -- most of who depend on informal sector jobs -- the most. Therefore, reshaping African cities in the pandemic’s aftermath to ensure they can be engines of economic growth in the future, will be key
April 3, 2020
Economy
How coronavirus will affect the informal sector
Coronavirus is going to have a devastating impact on economies. Africa has a particular vulnerability because so many people work in the informal sector. Njeri Kinyanjui explains how this could unfold for informal labourers and whether there’s anything that can be done to support them
March 23, 2020
Economy
Politics & Policy
Understanding the informal sector in Kampala
The informal sector in Kampala is not black and white: it is not simply a regulatory issue and it is not a major reservoir of entrepreneurial talent. Put simply, most informal firms don’t make enough to pay tax and are unlikely to grow
April 2, 2018
Digital Economy
Economy
Politics & Policy
High lending costs to informal sector keeping credit costs up – Kasekende
Standard Chartered's socio-economic impact report estimates that its lending supported value-added of 3.5% of GDP and almost half a million jobs in 2016
March 21, 2018