– David Campbell Francis and Siphelele Ngidi
Traders in the informal economy need a supportive ecosystem so they can move beyond survival and contribute to local growth and development.
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.
We are labour-market economists interested in the informal economy and informal work. We have spent the last two years investigating the concept of an economic policy for informal workers. We spent several months interviewing informal traders, traders’ associations and key…
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