The informal economy in global perspective : varieties of governance /: varieties of governance. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Abel Polese, Colin C. Williams, Ioana A. Horodnic, Predrag Bejakovic.
• Editors: Polese, Abel; Williams, Colin C, 1961-; Horodnic, Ioana A; Bejaković, Predrag
• Contents: Introduction: Informal Economies as Varieties of Governance; Abel Polese, Colin C. Williams, Ioana A. Horodnic and Predrag Bejakovic -- Chapter 1. Why read informality in a substantive manner? On the embeddedness of the Soviet second economy; Lela Rekhviashvili -- Chapter 2. Informal Economy: the invisible hand of government; Abbas Khandan -- Chapter 3. Estimating the size of Croation shadow economy: a labour approach; Sabina Hodzic -- Chapter 4. Informal employment and earnings determination in Ukraine; Oksana Nezhyvenko and Philippe Adai -- Chapter 5. Approaching informality : rear-mirror methodology and ethnographic inquiry; Marius Wamsiedel -- Chapter 6. Explaining the informal economy in post-communities societies: a study of the asymmetry between formal and informal institutions in Romania; Colin C. Williams and Ioana A. Horodnic -- Chapter 7. Post-socialist informality rural style: impressions from Bulgaria; Diana Traikova -- Chapter 8. Exploring the practice of making informal payments in the health sector: some lessons from Greece; Adrian V. Horodnic, Colin C. Williams, Abel Polese, Adriana Zaiț and Liviu Oprea -- Chapter 9. Violent pressure on business and the size of the informal economy: evidence from Russian regions; Michael Rochlitz -- Chapter 10. Labor informality in Mexico: an indicator analysis; Rogelio Varela Llamas, Ramón A. Castillo Ponce and Juan Manuel Ocegueda Hernández -- Chapter 11. The interplay between formal and informal firms and its implications on jobs in francophone Africa: case studies of Senegal and Benin; Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Nancy Claire Benjamin and Fatou Gueye -- Chapter 12. Governing informal payments by market in the Chinese healthcare system; Jingqing Yang -- Chapter 13. Social mechanisms of the counterpublic sphere: a case of a coffee farmers' cooperative in Lao PDR; Arihiro Minoo -- Chapter 14. Formalisation of entrepreneurship in the informal economy in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) and the role of formal institutions: an analysis of Ghana's experience; Kwame Adom -- Chapter 15. Evidence on corruption in public procurements in health care and the implications for policy; Julia Schipperges, Milena Pavlova, Tetiana Stepurko, Paul Vincke and Wim Groot.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.6/42; Political science; Informal sector (Economics); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Informal sector (Economics); Social Science -- Developing Countries; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- Regional Studies; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Development studies; Development economics & emerging economies; Political economy; Economic policy; Economic development; Social change; Development economics; Political Science -- Economic Conditions; Political economy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319409313
• Related ISBNs: 331940931X; 9783319409306; 3319409301
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 20, 2017).
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