Informality, Harassment, and Corruption : Evidence from Informal Enterprise Data from Harare, Zimbabwe (English)

New representative survey data for Harare, Zimbabwe are used to analyze the conditions under which informal businesses encounter requests for bribes. A simple model develops basic expectations of bribe exposure: those with higher opportunity costs of formalizing and with a higher ability to pay (resources) are expected to face a higher bribe risk. Empirical results find that informal businesses operating out of necessity are likelier to have a bribe...

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Francis,David C.;
Document Date
2019/06/26
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8918
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Zimbabwe,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2019/06/26
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Informality, Harassment, and Corruption : Evidence from Informal Enterprise Data from Harare, Zimbabwe
Keywords
informal business

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Francis,David C..

Informality, Harassment, and Corruption : Evidence from Informal Enterprise Data from Harare, Zimbabwe (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8918 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/410811561563187656

Informality, Harassment, and Corruption : Evidence from Informal Enterprise Data from Harare, Zimbabwe (English)

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