The informal sector also makes other important contributions to Africa's economy. In 2000, the gross value additions of Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Togo's informal sector (including agriculture) ...

Understanding how people move through job sectors is crucial. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock South Africa has a jobs crisis. In the fourth quarter of 2018, 6.14 million people were out of work, ...

Unemployment rates in the Middle East and North Africa have remained above 10 percent over the past decade, the highest in the world. For the young the rates are even more daunting, at a persistent 25 ...

The informal economy, comprising activities that have market value and would add to tax revenue and GDP if they were recorded, is a globally widespread phenomenon. According to the International ...

Paying into a pension is a concept we’re all pretty familiar with. Alongside tax it’s usually paid before you even see your wages. But if you make your money by cleaning your neighbours’ houses in ...

The Fundo Activo de Capital de Risco Angolano, an Angolan venture capital fund that fosters the development of SMEs, is encouraging governments to invest in small businesses to make the most of the ...

Zimbabwe estimates that more than three-quarters of economic activity takes place in the informal sector, depriving the government of much-needed tax revenue, according to the findings of its first ...

Working hours in the informal sector are long, and earnings often low. Shutterstock The publication of South Africa’s latest unemployment figures was accompanied by the usual wringing of hands and ...

NEW DELHI: India’s vast informal manufacturing sector has seen jobs stay flat for nearly a decade, while the formal manufacturing sector has seen an increase, marking a sharp divergence in the growth ...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in collaboration with the Government of Liberia and the Federation of Informal Sector Workers of Liberia (FISWOL), has ...

The informal economy is responsible for a large share of economic output across the continent. Yet economic policy is almost always designed for the formal economy and overlooks the informal economy.

India’s informal and small business sector is relying less on hired workers, with the latest government data showing a broad-based decline in employment of paid staff between July-September and ...