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Virus Lockdowns Confront Billions Working in the Shadow Economy.
- Source :
- Bloomberg.com; 4/3/2020, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- (Bloomberg) -- How do governments control activity in an economy they never really controlled in the first place? A collection of 10 organizations in South Africa, representing nearly 5 million workers, have called on the government to establish a "living cash grant" that would allow informal workers to be able to self-isolate without suffering economic hardship. [Extracted from the article]
- Subjects :
- INFORMAL sector
COVID-19 pandemic
TELECOMMUTING
MIGRANT labor
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Bloomberg.com
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 142557426