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Enhancing contributions of the informal sector to national development: The case of Uganda

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  • Muwonge, Abdu
  • Obwona, Marios
  • Nambwaayo, Victoria

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This study analyzes Uganda's informal sector size, contribution, formal-informal sector linkages, causes, constraints, and policies aimed at formalizing or enhancing its contribution. The methodology used involved a review of relevant policy documents, including UBOS's survey reports on the informal sector. Of particular relevance are the 2002/03 household survey (UNHS) which incorporated an informal sector module and the 2000/2001 Uganda Business Inquiry (UBI) and the 2001/2002 Uganda Business Register. the household surveys documenting the informal sector in Uganda define the informal sector as an enterprise employing less than 5 persons...

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  • Muwonge, Abdu & Obwona, Marios & Nambwaayo, Victoria, 2007. "Enhancing contributions of the informal sector to national development: The case of Uganda," Occasional Papers 54711, Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:eprcop:54711
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.54711
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    1. Simon Appleton & Tom Emwanu & Johnson Kagugube & James Muwonge, 1999. "Changes in poverty in Uganda, 1992-1997," CSAE Working Paper Series 1999-22, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    2. Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 1999. "Confronting competition - investment response and constraints in Uganda," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2242, The World Bank.
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    1. Joseph Mawejje & Ibrahim Mike Okumu, 2016. "Tax Evasion and the Business Environment in Uganda," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 84(3), pages 440-460, September.

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