Letlhokwa Geoge Mpedi is the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg. Tshilidzi Marwala is a Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under Secretary-General. In 2020, GG ...

The tax reforms may push more small businesses deeper into the informal economy as firms struggle with mandatory e-invoicing ...

To begin, let us acknowledge an important fact: Until now, no official body in Jordan, particularly the Department of Statistics, which is responsible for calculating and estimating the size of the ...

The informal economy comprises economic activities and enterprises that operate outside formal regulatory, legal and taxation frameworks. It ranges from street vending and home-based work to ...

Around six in ten workers worldwide operate in the informal economy, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). Low-income countries had an average of 88.5% of their workforces in ...

In Zimbabwe, the informal economy plays a vital role in the nation's livelihood, contributing significantly to employment and income generation. Estimates suggest that over 60% of the workforce is ...

Informal economic activities constitute a vital dimension of urban life, encompassing unregistered enterprises, street vending, waste recovery, home-based production and myriad other micro-scale ...

The Asia-Pacific region boasts fairly robust economic growth, with analysis suggesting that the GDP of the APEC region will grow by 3.5 percent in 2024, the same as last year and higher than the ...

THE informal economy, also known as shadow or undocumented economy, refers to economic activities that are not regis- tered with the government, and are, therefore, not subject to taxation, labour ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 670,000 Americans earn income through "off-the-books" work each day, but this informal economy does less than is often believed to help low-income ...