The Global Informal Workforce: Priorities for Inclusive Growth

July 23, 2021

Summary

The Global Informal Workforce is a fresh look at the informal economy around the world and its impact on the macroeconomy. The book covers interactions between the informal economy, labor and product markets, gender equality, fiscal institutions and outcomes, social protection, and financial inclusion. Informality is a widespread and persistent phenomenon that affects how fast economies can grow, develop, and provide decent economic opportunities for their populations. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped to uncover the vulnerabilities of the informal workforce.

Subject: Central banks, Economic sectors, Financial crises, Financial inclusion, Financial markets, Gender, Informal economy, Labor, Labor markets, Mobile banking, Technology, Women

Keywords: bank competition, Caribbean, Central America, Financial inclusion, Global, Informal economy, Labor markets, Mobile banking, shadow economy, shadow economy activity, size of the informal economy, size of the shadow economy, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Women

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412
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513575919.071
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