CSAE Working Paper WPS / 2013 21
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Department of Economics . University of Oxford . Manor Road Building . Oxford OX1 3UQ T: +44 (0)1865 271084 . F: +44 (0)1865 281447 . E: [email protected] . W: www.csae.ox.ac.uk *International Monetary Fund, [email protected]. This work was prepared while the author was a Post doctoral Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Global Economic Development, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, in 2010. The work served as a background paper for a World Bank study published as Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector: Strategies for Sub Saharan Africa, edited by Arvil Adams, Sara Johansson de Silva, and Setareh Razmara, Directions in Development, World Bank (2013). I wish to thank Van Adams, Rulof Burger, Louise Fox, Tehmina Khan, Sara Johansson de Silva and Setareh Razmara for guidance and comments. This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. CSAE Working Paper WPS/2013 21
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