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014			_a1336592349 _bOCoLC
020			_a9781003223856
020			_a9781032122663
020			_a9781032122687
024	7		_a10.4324/9781003223856 _2doi
035			_a(OCoLC)1336592349
040			_aoapen _coapen
041	0		_aeng
042			_adc
072		7	_aK _2thema
072		7	_aKC _2thema
072		7	_aKCL _2thema
072		7	_aKCM _2thema
100	1		_aBali Swain, Ranjula _4aut
245	1	0	_aThe Informal Sector and the Environment
260			_bTaylor & Francis _bRoutledge [Imprint] _c2022
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
506	0		_aFree-to-read _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aThe informal economy - broadly defined as economic activity that is not subject to government regulation or taxation - sustains a large part of the world's workforce. It is a diverse, complex and growing area of activity. However, being largely unregulated, its impact on the environment has not been closely scrutinised or analysed. This edited volume demonstrates that the informal sector is a major source of environmental pollution and a major reason behind the environmental degradation accompanying the expansion of economic activity in developing countries. Environmental regulation and economic incentive policies are difficult to implement in this sector because economic units are unregistered, geographically dispersed and difficult to identify. Moreover, given their limited capital base, they cannot afford to pay pollution fees or install pollution abating equipment. The informal manufacturing units, often operate under unscientific and unhealthy conditions, further contributing to polluting the environment. The book emphasizes and examines these challenges, and solutions, faced by various sectors of the informal economy, including urban waste pickers, small-scale farmers, informal workers, home-based workers, street vendors, and more. If the informal sector is to ""Leave no one behind"" (as the Sustainable Development Goals promise) and contribute to ""Inclusive growth"" (an objective of the green economy), then its impact on the economy as well as the environment has to be carefully considered. This book marks a significant contribution to the literature on both the informal economy and sustainable development, and will be of great interest to readers in economics, geography, politics, environment studies and public policy more broadly.
540			_aOpen licence _0https://oapen.org/article/rights
546			_aeng
650		0	_aEcology _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aEnvironmental economics.
650		0	_aInformal sector (Economics)
650		6	_aÉcologie _xAspect économique.
650		6	_aÉconomie de l'environnement.
650		6	_aSecteur informel (Économie politique)
650		7	_aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aDevelopment economics and emerging economies _2thema
650		7	_aEcology _xEconomic aspects _2fast
650		7	_aEconomics, Finance, Business and Management _2thema
650		7	_aEconomics _2thema
650		7	_aEnvironmental economics _2fast
650		7	_aInformal sector (Economics) _2fast
650		7	_aInternational economics _2thema
653			_aeconomic incentive policies
653			_aenvironmental regulation
653			_aheterodox economics
653			_ainclusive growth
653			_ainformal economy
653			_apollution abating equipment
653			_apollution fees
653			_asustainable development
653			_aSustainable Development Goals
653			_athe green economy
700	1		_aBali Swain, Ranjula _4edt
700	1		_aKambhampati, Uma _4edt
793	0		_aOAPEN Library.
856	4	0	_uhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57852 _zFree-to-read: OAPEN Library/DOAB: description of the publication _70
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