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Urban Informality in South Africa and ZimbabweRising Informality and Role in Shaping Economies in Johannesburg City

Urban Informality in South Africa and Zimbabwe: Rising Informality and Role in Shaping Economies... [In this chapter, we emphasise that urban informality has not only created employment opportunities for the rising urban population but also contributed to the growth of the city of Johannesburg’s economy and also significantly contributed to the livelihoods of many people, especially the unemployed and urban poor. There is also an attempt to provide some insights into the sectoral dimensions of informal livelihoods and economic activities. For example, the question of whether informal workers are engaged only in specific job sectors is tackled. In addition, the demographic skew in terms of the involvement of women for example in urban informality is also discussed. As a result, the question of whether or not there are economic activities in which women are the main sectors is addressed. Similarly, the temporality of the economic activities in this UEI and evidence of the formal/informal interfaces of the economic activities in question are discussed.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Urban Informality in South Africa and ZimbabweRising Informality and Role in Shaping Economies in Johannesburg City

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
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978-3-030-65484-9
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83 –95
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10.1007/978-3-030-65485-6_6
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[In this chapter, we emphasise that urban informality has not only created employment opportunities for the rising urban population but also contributed to the growth of the city of Johannesburg’s economy and also significantly contributed to the livelihoods of many people, especially the unemployed and urban poor. There is also an attempt to provide some insights into the sectoral dimensions of informal livelihoods and economic activities. For example, the question of whether informal workers are engaged only in specific job sectors is tackled. In addition, the demographic skew in terms of the involvement of women for example in urban informality is also discussed. As a result, the question of whether or not there are economic activities in which women are the main sectors is addressed. Similarly, the temporality of the economic activities in this UEI and evidence of the formal/informal interfaces of the economic activities in question are discussed.]

Published: Jan 10, 2021

Keywords: Urban economy; Urban informality; Urban formal economy; Johannesburg

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