Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/321941 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Chemins d'impacts
Publisher: 
IRD Éditions, Marseille
Abstract: 
At the heart of development issues, the informal economy has long remained a terra incognita. Yet it plays a decisive role in the Global South, since it is the main source of income for the vast majority of households, especially the poorest. Indeed, the vast majority of jobs in these countries belongs to the informal economy. Given the stakes involved, the 1-2-3 survey method has made it possible to meet a twofold challenge, both statistical and economic: to measure what escapes measurement - the informal economy, and to understand how it operates and its dynamics. This methodology was developed and consolidated by the IRD through various national and regional projects launched from the early 1990s onwards, and conducted in close partnership with national statistical institutes, in collaboration with research centers and universities, regional bodies, agencies and donors. This study retraces the work carried out in three countries - Peru, Madagascar and Vietnam. It describes how the research results have had an impact in the social, economic, institutional, political, academic and capacity-building fields.
Subjects: 
1-2-3 surveys
Madagascar
Vietnam
Peru
development
statistics
economy
informal economy
law
societal impact
economic impact
social impact
political impact
public policy
capacity building
measurement tool
stakeholders
skills transfer
partnership research
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-2-7099-2983-7
Creative Commons License: 
cc-by-nc-nd Logo
Document Type: 
Book
Appears in Collections:

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.