Economic Informality

Economic Informality
Author: Ana Maria Oviedo
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2009-06-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0821379976

This survey assembles recent theoretical and empirical advances in the literature on economic informality and analyzes the causes and costs of informality in developed and developing economies. Using recent evidence, the survey discusses the nature and roots of informal economic activity across countries, distinguishing between informality as the result of exclusion and exit. The survey provides an extensive review of recent international experience with policies aimed at reducing informality, in particular, policies that facilitate the formalization process, create a framework for the transition from informality to formality, lend support to newly created firms, reduce or eliminate inconsistencies across regulation and government agencies, increase information flows, and increase enforcement.

The World Bank Participation Sourcebook

The World Bank Participation Sourcebook
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821335581

Presents case studies resulting from participation in the World Bank by developing countries such as Chad, Brazil, and Nigeria

Economic Analysis of Projects

Economic Analysis of Projects
Author: Lyn Squire
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1975-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780801818189

Basic notions of cost-benefit analysis; Derivation of shadow prices; Estimation of shadow prices; Technical derivation of shadow prices.

The Post-1945 Internationalization of Economics

The Post-1945 Internationalization of Economics
Author: Alfred William Coats
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 442
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780822318767

In addressing the internationalization of economics after 1945, these essays are concerned with aspects of economic education, the economist's role in policymaking, and the sociology and professionalization of the discipline. These matters have rarely been considered in international terms. While discussing organizations such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the European Community, and presenting studies that are primarily concerned with the effect of these developments in particular countries, this volume focuses on the situation of Latin America. Arguably, the post-1945 internationalization of economics has proceeded further, more dramatically, and with greater effect in that continent than in any other region of comparable size. Contributors. S. Ambirajan, William Ascher, William J. Barber, Young Back Choi, A. W. Coats, Barend de Vries, Margaret Garrison de Vries, Peter Groenewegen, Arnold Harberger, Aiko Ikeo, Maria Rita Loureiro, Ivo Maes, Veronica Montecinos, Jacques J. Polak, Pier Luigi Porta, Bo Sandelin, Ann Veiderpass, John Williamson