… between these two margins of informality is crucial. Having defined what informality is, I start
by reviewing some of the main stylized facts about firm and worker informality in Section 2. …

… We argue that the evidence is most consistent with dual models of informality. We first … ’s
romantic view of informality as pent-up potential, nor of the McKinsey view that informality is a …

The paper draws on recent evidence––economic, sociological and anthropological––from
Latin America to forward a view of the informal sector in developing countries primarily as an …

Urban informality has been the subject of renewed attention in recent years, with a resurgence
of interest from architecture and planning. A focus on informality has however been …

… informality and analyzes the causes and costs of informality in … countries, distinguishing
between informality as the result of … with policies aimed at reducing informality, in particular, …

… drawbacks of existing informality measures. Previous literature on informality has relied
solely on … those suggested by the measures of informality presented in this paper. Survey-based …

… informality, exploring both as particular forms of practice. I build on recent debates that conceive
of informality … this might mean both for how informality and formality fold into one another…

… informality in the context of economic development by presenting a model and projections
that link informality, … formality and informality, the relationship between the different types of …

… causes and consequences of informality in the region. Informality: Exit and Exclusion
concludes that reducing informality levels and overcoming the" culture of informality" will require …

… informality will disappear with development. Much of our analytical and policy discussion on
informality … in the last 20 years conventional measures of informality, far from declining, have …