Rethinking the informal economy: Linkages with the formal economy and the formal regulatory environment

Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chen, Martha Alter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Informal sector; Ipolicy; Legality; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920752662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199204764.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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