People around the world are hungry for economic freedom. They want the ability to choose how to make a living instead of having the government tell them how to do so. As a result of this desire, a ...

The informal economy, comprising activities that have market value and would add to tax revenue and GDP if they were recorded, is a globally widespread phenomenon. According to the International ...

The novel coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the global economy, shuttering businesses, disrupting supply chains, and causing millions of people to lose their jobs. But the pandemic has been especially ...

The informal economy is a global and pervasive phenomenon. Some 60 percent of the world’s population participates in the informal sector. Although mostly prevalent in emerging and developing economies ...

More than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – two billion people – earn their livelihoods in the informal sector, the United Nations labour agency said on Monday, stressing that a ...

THE budget process is the most important part of managing public finances in Zimbabwe, as it is in many other countries. It decides how resources are distributed among different sectors, which affects ...

The informal sector accounts for around one-third of economic activity in emerging markets. Informal enterprises play an important role in economic resilience and employment. Fintech solutions are ...

In the mid-twentieth century, the combination of poverty and inequality generated political instability that gave rise to socialist and nationalist movements in different Amazonian countries. In ...

The city has a chequered history of managing informal traders. In October 2025, Johannesburg authorities removed informal ...

There is a dentist in Mitchell County, North Carolina who often gets paid in art. Artists who don’t have health insurance will offer something like a painting or a sculpture in exchange for dental ...

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 ...