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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Post-Socialist Informality Rural Style: Impressions from Bulgaria

Author : Diana Traikova

Published in: The Informal Economy in Global Perspective

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The informality phenomenon is widespread in both rural and urban areas of transitional economies, but most of the current empirical research on informality targets the urban context. The pulse of the rural economy is known to be a slower one. Remoteness, dependency on agriculture, high unemployment, lower purchasing power, deteriorating infrastructure and depopulation pose great challenges for rural development. Post-socialist rural places desperately need jobs. Job creation was left to private initiative and became closely linked to the wider practice of informality. This contribution seeks to better understand the rural manifestations of informal business activities and provide guidance for future scholars of rural informal economic activities in the post-socialist context.

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Metadata
Title
Post-Socialist Informality Rural Style: Impressions from Bulgaria
Author
Diana Traikova
Copyright Year
2017
Book
The Informal Economy in Global Perspective

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-40930-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-40931-3

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40931-3_8