By:
Johan Rasanayagam
Date:
- Article Title: Informal economy, informal state: the case of Uzbekistan
- Title of Journal: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
- Vol #: 31
- Issue #: 11/12
In the Soviet Union, the official command structure for economic production and distribution gave rise to, and depended upon, what has been described as a “shadow” economy. In the post-socialist context, the unregulated, often extra-legal activities of production and exchange, encompassing the survival strategies of the poor, the emergence of post-socialist “Mafias”, and much entrepreneurial activity, has been described using the concept of the “informal economy”.
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