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Tag - Informal economy

The informal economy in development

New book: the informal economy in development

by John Conroy
January 25, 2021
Nigel Uyam operating a registration booth in Basamuk, Madang Province, September 2020

SIM card deactivation in PNG and financial inclusion

by Amanda H A Watson, Busa Jeremiah Wenogo
October 23, 2020
Crossborder trade: Indonesia and PNG

Cross-border trade: Indonesia and PNG

by John Conroy
October 8, 2020
Buai vendors buying buai from rural wholesale suppliers

The daily life of a Port Moresby buai vendor

by Linus digim'Rima, Joshua Apa
May 27, 2020
Credit: Bioversity International/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The informal economy under siege

by Busa Jeremiah Wenogo
March 22, 2019
Betel nut sellers at work (Credit: Martyn Namorong)

Perseverance as a buai seller

by Martyn Namorong
March 17, 2019
Market in Madang, PNG (Tanaka Juuyoh/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

Organising the disorganised: the proposed Informal Economy Voice Strategy

by Busa Jeremiah Wenogo
January 29, 2018
Selling betelnut at market (Taro Taylor/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

Planning the unplanned: reflections on the PNG Government’s interventions in the informal economy

by Busa Jeremiah Wenogo
November 14, 2017
Gerehu market, Port Moresby (UN Women Papua New Guinea/Kim Eaton/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

As election looms, PNG political parties should consider supporting informal economy

by Busa Jeremiah Wenogo
May 17, 2017
Coffee plant (Flickr/Paul Goodman CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Coffee, market economy and informality in late colonial Goroka

by John Conroy
November 3, 2016
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