A large percentage of workers and firms operate in the informal economy, outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies. T

This book presents new data to give an overview of shadow economies from OECD countries and propose solutions to prevent illicit work.

This survey assembles recent theoretical and empirical advances in the literature on economic informality and analyzes the causes and costs of informality in de

The Global Informal Workforce is a fresh look at the informal economy around the world and its impact on the macroeconomy. The book covers interactions between

The main objective of this book is to develop a strategy and policy measures to enhance the formalization of the shadow economy in order to improve the competit