BOI - Informal Economy

Microentrepreneurs are a strong and natural presence in this economy. Invisible to many because of their size, they are also invisible to the tax collector, municipal authorities and state regulatory bodies.

This FIELD publication examines the experiences of 29 entrepreneurs living and working in several rural counties in Nebraska.

This publication explores the experiences of African Americans who either operate their own informal businesses or are employed informally.

What are the barriers Latino entrepreneurs face and how might they be helped to move from the informal to the "formal" economy?

As practitioners know, microenterprises are more common in the United States than most people realize.

Some preliminary issues confronting microenterprise programs which plan to offer services to informal economy entrepreneurs.