Linking the Formal and Informal Economy Concepts and Policies

by Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb; Kanbur, Ravi; Ostrom, Elinor

• ISBN13: 9780199204762
• ISBN10: 0199204764
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

more nolume brings together a significant new collection of studies on formality and informality in developing countries. Containing contributions from some of the very best analysts in development studies, the volume is multidisciplinary in nature, with contributions from anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists.

Author Biography

Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis is, since 2002, a research fellow and project director at UNU-WIDER. Previous appointments include IGIDR (Mumbai), the EXIM Bank of India (Bangalore) ICRIER (New Delhi), and as a research consultant for several international organizations.
Ravi Kanbur is T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, and previously Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, and Chief Economist for Africa at the World Bank.
Elinor Ostrom is Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science at Indiana University. She is also Co-Director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis and Co-Director, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change (CIPEC) at Indiana University. She is a member of the Expert Group on Development Issues of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	x
List of Abbreviations	xii
List of Contributors	xiv
Acknowledgements	xvii
Beyond Formality and Informality	1	(20)
Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis
Ravi Kanbur
Elinor Ostrom
Part I. Concepts and Measurement
Bureaucratic Form and the Informal Economy	21	(15)
Keith Hart
The Global Path: Soft Law and Non-sovereigns Formalizing the Potency of the Informal Sector	36	(22)
Robert K. Christensen
The Relevance of the Concepts of Formality and Informality: A Theoretical Appraisal	58	(17)
Alice Sindzingre
Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment	75	(18)
Martha Alter Chen
Formal and Informal Enterprises: Concept, Definition, and Measurement Issues in India	93	(28)
M.R. Narayana
Part II. Empirical Studies of Policies and Interlinking
The Impact of Regulation on Growth and Informality: Cross-Country Evidence	121	(24)
Norman V. Loayza
Ana Maria Oviedo
Luis Serven
Financial Liberalization in Vietnam: Impact on Loans from Informal, Formal, and Semi-formal Providers	145	(18)
Robert Lensink
Mark McGillivray
Pham Thi Thu Tra
Blocking Human Potential: How Formal Policies Block the Informal Economy in the Maputo Corridor	163	(16)
Fredrik Soderbaum
Microinsurance for the Informal Economy Workers in India	179	(16)
Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis
Rajeev Ahuja
Turning to Forestry for a Way Out of Poverty: Is Formalizing Property Rights Enough?	195	(17)
Krister Andersson
Diego Pacheco
Voluntary Contributions to Informal Activities Producing Public Goods: Can These be Induced by Government and Other Formal Sector Agents? Some Evidence from Indonesian Posyandus	212	(18)
Jeffrey B. Nugent
Shailender Swaminathan
Social Capital, Survival Strategies, and Their Potential for Post-Conflict Governance in Liberia	230	(16)
Amos Sawyer
Enforcement and Compliance in Lima's Street Markets: The Origins and Consequences of Policy Incoherence Towards Informal Traders	246	(17)
Sally Roever
Formalizing the Informal: Is There a Way to Safely Unlock Human Potential Through Land Entitlement? A Review of Changing Land Administration in Africa	263	(18)
Liz Alden Wily
Index	281