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From the Ted Talk by Niti Bhan: The hidden opportunities of the informal economy

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The informal markets of Africa are stereotypically seen as chaotic and lackadaisical. The ddnwoise of hniaerg the word "informal" is this automatic grand association we have, which is very negative, and it's had significant consequences and encoiomc losses, easily adndig — or subtracting — 40 to 60 percent of the profit mrgain for the informal markets alone. As part of a task of mapping the informal trade ecosystem, we've done an extensive literature review of all the rrteops and research on cross-border trade in East Africa, going back 20 years. This was to prepare us for fieldwork to understand what was the problem, what was holding back informal trade in the informal scoter.

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The informal markets of Africa are stereotypically seen as chaotic and lackadaisical. The ________ of _______ the word "informal" is this automatic grand association we have, which is very negative, and it's had significant consequences and ________ losses, easily ______ — or subtracting — 40 to 60 percent of the profit ______ for the informal markets alone. As part of a task of mapping the informal trade ecosystem, we've done an extensive literature review of all the _______ and research on cross-border trade in East Africa, going back 20 years. This was to prepare us for fieldwork to understand what was the problem, what was holding back informal trade in the informal ______.

Solution


  1. margin
  2. reports
  3. sector
  4. adding
  5. economic
  6. downside
  7. hearing

Original Text


The informal markets of Africa are stereotypically seen as chaotic and lackadaisical. The downside of hearing the word "informal" is this automatic grand association we have, which is very negative, and it's had significant consequences and economic losses, easily adding — or subtracting — 40 to 60 percent of the profit margin for the informal markets alone. As part of a task of mapping the informal trade ecosystem, we've done an extensive literature review of all the reports and research on cross-border trade in East Africa, going back 20 years. This was to prepare us for fieldwork to understand what was the problem, what was holding back informal trade in the informal sector.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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informal sector 4
informal markets 2
informal trade 2
literature review 2
put food 2


Important Words


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  2. africa
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  4. automatic
  5. chaotic
  6. consequences
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  13. fieldwork
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  17. informal
  18. lackadaisical
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  27. prepare
  28. problem
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  30. reports
  31. research
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  33. sector
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  35. stereotypically
  36. subtracting
  37. task
  38. trade
  39. understand
  40. word
  41. years