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Expanding East African tax base will face resistance

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EAST AFRICA

Member states' national budgets include plans to increase taxation of the informal economy. Governments have several reasons for broadening tax bases: budget deficits, increasing…

Pandemic takes tough toll on informal women workers

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INT

Policy measures taken in response to the economic crisis created by the pandemic have largely been gender-blind, exacerbating the long-standing economic precarity and gender…

Latin America informal labour brings benefits and woes

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LATIN AMERICA

Defining the informal sector in Latin America.

COVID-19 crisis will hurt Africa’s informal sector

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AFRICA

Domestic policies and international aid designed to counter the economic impacts will have only limited reach into informal economies, despite their key role in continental…

Informal and illegal gold mining to endure in Bolivia

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BOLIVIA

This sector has grown substantially with the rise in recent years of the world gold price, contributing to the rapid deforestation of the rainforest in the north of the country…

Russia's untaxed shadow economy is expanding

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RUSSIA

Russia's burgeoning grey economy.

Funding gap will slow Egypt's slum redevelopment plans

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EGYPT

Egyptian government's new policy towards informal settlements.

Informality will block poverty reduction in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

The informal sector, accounting for some 25% of real output and nearly half the workforce, undermines development prospects. A high tax burden and macroeconomic instability push…

Algeria’s informal economy will test Tebboune’s power

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ALGERIA

The reforms were intended to address the deterioration in state finances caused by the slump in oil prices since 2014. However, the fiscal outlook has altered dramatically in…

Egyptian wage rises will increase economic disparities

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EGYPT

Planned pay increases in Egypt.