The informal sector is an integral part of several sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and
plays a key role in the economic growth of these countries. This article used a comparative …

Mounting environmental pressures led China to focus on the effectiveness of the
environmental regulation to control pollution. Since the shadow economy, or underground …

This paper assesses the effect of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the
informal economy. We applied the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) on a sample of …

The interaction of higher education with other stakeholder groups (industry, communities
and regulatory bodies) in scaling up the activities of informal enterprises has been largely …

It is a well-established practice of many Sub-Saharan African (SSA) governments to aid
entrepreneurs within both the formal and informal sectors to enhance their performance and …

The processes of informal economy are well established, but the same cannot be said of
their conceptual treatment in the academic literature. They constitute complex phenomena …

Applying the multiple indicators and multiple causes (MIMIC) approach, the present paper
measured the size of the shadow economies in China's provinces over 1995–2016. The …

Informal street vending is the most widespread activity in the global informal economy and a
central part of citizens' everyday lives, both sellers and patrons, in the urban centres of the …

The informal business sector has made enormous contributions to Nigeria's economic
growth and development, but this sector is not given the necessary attention to transforming …

Purpose This paper contributes to the literature concerning the Nigerian informal economy
(IE) by estimating its size from 1991 to 2017 and identifying the major causes …