The city has a chequered history of managing informal traders. In October 2025, Johannesburg authorities removed informal traders from De Villiers Street in the heart of the city’s central business ...

Taxation plays an invaluable role in the building and sustenance of national economies worldwide. It is used to bring in the revenue needed for national development. Generally, taxes are collected ...

India's new national accounts will leverage new data sources and surveys to enhance the measurement of the country's informal ...

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Unemployment rates in the Middle East and North Africa have remained above 10 percent over the past decade, the highest in the world. For the young the rates are even more daunting, at a persistent 25 ...

How do minimum wages affect earnings inequality in countries with large informal sectors? I provide reduced-form evidence that the 2000s minimum wage hike in Brazil raised overall inequality by ...

An informal trader at Kantamanto market. “Africa is people!” Three words, the central, frustrated and hopeful thesis of Chinua Achebe’s final compilation of essays. As I read his essays, I kept ...

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Paying into a pension is a concept we’re all pretty familiar with. Alongside tax it’s usually paid before you even see your wages. But if you make your money by cleaning your neighbours’ houses in ...

Informality remains a defining characteristic of the Indian economy, with 89 per cent of the workforce engaged in informal employment. Over the past decade the government has introduced several ...