Beyond formality and informality

Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Guha Khasnobis, Basudeb ^a   Kanbur, Ravi ^b   Ostrom, Elinor ^c  

^a UNU WIDER ^*  (Finland)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum; Development; Dichotomy; Policy; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199204764.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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