The Management of Risk: Informal Trade in Indonesia
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Small traders face risk and uncertainty in carrying out their business activities. On the basis of a large-scale survey on iafermal seda trnde in Central Java, Indonesia, the economic conditions of the informal trade sector and risk avoidance strategies of traders are analyzed. In particular, petty traders have to solve ‘the traders dilemma” by extracting themselves from the moral obligations d sharing and redistribution to relatives aud neighbors. Inventory minimization by daily replenishment of stocks, avoidance of long-term credit, and formalization of relations with government agencies are among the risk-reduction s&ate&s. Policv measures to aid petty traders in their endeavor to reduce. risk and &ntain their businesses a& outlined:
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