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How Should the Government Bring Small Firms into the Formal System ? Experimental Evidence from Malawi (English)

Developing country governments seek to reduce the pervasive informality of firms for multiple reasons: increasing the tax base, helping firms access formal markets and grow, increasing the rule of law, and as a means to obtain data that can be used for other government functions. However, there is debate as to the best approach for achieving these goals. This study conducted a randomized experiment in Malawi to test three alternatives: (a) assisting...
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Campos,Francisco Moraes Leitao; Goldstein,Markus P.; Mckenzie,David J..

How Should the Government Bring Small Firms into the Formal System ? Experimental Evidence from Malawi (English). Impact Evaluation series|Paper is funded by the Strategic Research Program (SRP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8601 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/880711538673183990

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