03097oam 22007455 450 991078105650332120200520144314.01-282-29351-697866122935110-8213-7997-610.1596/978-0-8213-7996-7(CKB)2550000000005676(EBL)476197(OCoLC)456904139(SSID)ssj0000086444(PQKBManifestationID)11111389(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086444(PQKBWorkID)10026484(PQKB)10104919(MiAaPQ)EBC476197(Au-PeEL)EBL476197(CaPaEBR)ebr10333716(CaONFJC)MIL229351(The World Bank)ocn318872456(US-djbf)15738380(EXLCZ)99255000000000567620090514d2009 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEconomic informality : causes, costs, and policies : a literature survey /Ana Maria Oviedo, Mark R. Thomas, Kamer Karakurum-OzdemirWashington, D.C. :World Bank,c2009.vi, 42 pages illustrations ;26 cmWorld Bank working paper,1726-5878 ;no. 167Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-7996-8 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Abstract; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. What Is Informal Economic Activity?; Boxes; 3. Causes and Costs of Informal Activities; Tables; Figures; 4. Policies to Reduce Informality; 5. Concluding Remarks; Appendix: Policy Table; ReferencesThis survey assembles recent theoretical and empirical advances in the literature on economic informality and analyzes the causes and costs of informality in developed and developing economies. Using recent evidence, the survey discusses the nature and roots of informal economic activity across countries, distinguishing between informality as the result of "exclusion" and "exit." The survey provides an extensive review of recent international experience with policies aimed at reducing informality, in particular, policies that facilitate the formalization process, create a framework for the traWorld Bank e-Library.World Bank working paper ;no. 167.Informal sector (Economics)Economic developmentInformal sector (Economics)Economic development.330Oviedo Ana Maria1465120Thomas Mark R(Mark Roland),1966-1465121Karakurum-Özdemir Kamer1465122World Bank.DLCDLCBTCTAC#POCLCABWXYDXCPCDXDLCBOOK9910781056503321Economic informality3674992UNINA