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This paper aims to evaluate critically the rival representations of the role of the informal econ... more This paper aims to evaluate critically the rival representations of the role of the informal economy which is variously portrayed as a leftover from an earlier mode of production, a direct by-product of late capitalism, an alternative to the formal economy or a complement to formal work. Reporting evidence from a survey of 500 participants in Gambia, the finding is that although each and every representation of its role is valid in relation to particular populations and/or specific types of informal work, no one representation fully captures the diverse and multiple roles played by the informal economy in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa. The consequent argument is that only by using all of them can a finer-grained and more comprehensive understanding of the multifarious roles of the informal economy be achieved. The outcome is a more multilayered and nuanced understanding of the role played by the informal economy in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Coventry University Research on Africa Seminar (CURAS 2018), 2018
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Journal of Economy and its Applications, 2012
Recently, it has become increasingly recognised that self-servicing is a growing rather than decl... more Recently, it has become increasingly recognised that self-servicing is a growing rather than declining phenomenon. To explain this, a range of competing theories have emerged which variously portray those engaged in self-servicing either as rational economic actors, dupes, seekers of self-identity, or simply doing so out of necessity or choice. This paper evaluates critically the validity of these rival explanations. To do this, the extent of, and reasons for, self-servicing in the domestic realm is empirically evaluated through an ...
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International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2016
This paper aims to evaluate critically the rival representations of the role of the informal econ... more This paper aims to evaluate critically the rival representations of the role of the informal economy which is variously portrayed as a leftover from an earlier mode of production, a direct by-product of late capitalism, an alternative to the formal economy or a complement to formal work. Reporting evidence from a survey of 500 participants in Gambia, the finding is that although each and every representation of its role is valid in relation to particular populations and/or specific types of informal work, no one representation fully captures the diverse and multiple roles played by the informal economy in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa. The consequent argument is that only by using all of them can a finer-grained and more comprehensive understanding of the multifarious roles of the informal economy be achieved. The outcome is a more multilayered and nuanced understanding of the role played by the informal economy in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the meta-narrative that there is no alternative ... more Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the meta-narrative that there is no alternative to capitalism. Building upon an emerging body of post-structuralist thought that has begun deconstructing this discourse in relation to western economies and post-Soviet societies, this paper further extends this critique to Sub-Saharan Africa by investigating the degree to which people in the Gambia rely on the capitalist market economy for their livelihood. Reporting the results of 80 household face-to-face interviews (involving over 500 people), the finding is that only a small minority of households in contemporary Gambian society rely on the formal market economy alone to secure their livelihood and that the vast majority depend on a plurality of market and non-market economic practices. The outcome is a call to re-think the lived practices of economic transition in Sub-Saharan Africa in general and the Gambia in particular, so as to open up the feasibility of, and possibilities for...
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This paper evaluates critically the discourse of ‘economic globalisation’. This discourse extend ... more This paper evaluates critically the discourse of ‘economic globalisation’. This discourse extend the belief that capitalist firms now produce the vast majority of goods and services produced in the world (i.e., the commodification thesis) by asserting that this process of commodification is increasingly taking place within an open world economy in which firms operate in a deregulated and seamless global marketplace. In the economic globalisation thesis, therefore, it is a specific type of commodified economy that is becoming hegemonic and stretching its tentacles wider and deeper across the globe, namely unregulated or ‘free market’ capitalism composed of hyper-mobile and homeless capital operating in a borderless world. The main aim/objective of this paper is to contest the narrative of economic globalisation adopted by the globalists, demonstrating its performative character. In doing so, it will contest the view that globalisation is the only future, and display how the future is...
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Journal of Economy and its Applications, 2012
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Journal of Economy and its Applications, 2012
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Page 1. A TALE OF TWO NARRATIVES: Economic Globalisation and The Informal Sector, The Gambian Pan... more Page 1. A TALE OF TWO NARRATIVES: Economic Globalisation and The Informal Sector, The Gambian Panorama Thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Leicester Abdoulie Sallah School of Management, University of Leicester ...
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International Journal of Social Economics, 2016
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Tij S Research Journal of Economics Business Studies Rjebs, Oct 31, 2011
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... Abdoulie Sallah University of Leicester ... data that will be use in writing up this paper wi... more ... Abdoulie Sallah University of Leicester ... data that will be use in writing up this paper will be secondary data, but however I am due to ... to 3,324 employees out of the 14,224 government employees by December 1985, whilst seven hundred positions were suppressed (Touray, 2002 ...
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Traditional assessment of economic performance has been based upon traditional production factors... more Traditional assessment of economic performance has been based upon traditional production factors such as land, labour and capital but the importance of the knowledge-based assets’ role in firm’s performance increase undeniably. Knowledge assets or intellectual capital may be mentioned as the “hidden” assets of a firm which is based on Human capital. According to this statement selection of the human resource becomes a much more important case that has to be achieved for firms and other agents. The development of internet in 1990’s has caused a kind of revolution in labour market which provides significant cost advantage forming a candidate pool. For a Human Resources Manager (HRM), choosing an appropriate candidate for the suitable position is just as difficult as to click his/her PC’s mouse button. However, efficiency requires all labour forces to be employed under the assumption that the supplier (candidate) knows the true quality of him/herself whereas the HRMs (dealer) are unab...
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Page 1. A TALE OF TWO NARRATIVES: Economic Globalisation and The Informal Sector, The Gambian Pan... more Page 1. A TALE OF TWO NARRATIVES: Economic Globalisation and The Informal Sector, The Gambian Panorama Thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Leicester Abdoulie Sallah School of Management, University of Leicester ...
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... Abdoulie Sallah University of Leicester ... data that will be use in writing up this paper wi... more ... Abdoulie Sallah University of Leicester ... data that will be use in writing up this paper will be secondary data, but however I am due to ... to 3,324 employees out of the 14,224 government employees by December 1985, whilst seven hundred positions were suppressed (Touray, 2002 ...
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