Analysts compare the size of Ukraine's shadow economy with those of other countries.

Analysts compare the size of Ukraine's shadow economy with those of other countries.

Prior to the full-scale war in 2021, Ukraine’s shadow economy was estimated to be around 30% of GDP. Last year, the Ministry of Economy reported that potentially 40% of the economy could take place in the shadows. However, in specific industries like trade, that figure might reach 60-70%. According to Ernst Young, the shadow economy represented 11.8% of total global GDP in 2023, based on the latest data. Concurrently, in about half of the countr…

The very high informality of the labor market in Argentina is one of the biggest problems that impedes the improvement of the entire employment system and, consequently, of the social system.The situation of millions of workers who do not contribute, have no social work or possibilities to negotiate better conditions is serious and exceeds the presidency of Javier Milei.According to the method of measurement, informality throughout the country c…

Informal entrepreneurs represent 65% of the 155,000 clients of microfinance institutions associated with Abcred (Brazilian Association of Microcredit and Microfinance Operators). In 2025, members of the association released R$1.22 billion in financing – an increase of 20% compared to 2024. According to Abcred, specialized microfinance institutions spread throughout the country are consolidating themselves as a credit alternative for informal ent…

According to an INDEC report, the average informality rate is 42%, but it reaches 62% among the self-employed; the problem is mentioned in the IMF document, which calls for labor reform. 42% of the people who work, either under dependency or self-employment, is in informality. Or, according to [...] The entry More than 9 million informal workers in Argentina was first published in AgendAR.

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In the period 2020-2024, the National Institute for the Defence of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) eliminated and inapplied 26,387 bureaucratic barriers at the national level, generating a positive economic impact of S/ 873,6 million in savings for citizens and companies.According to data presented by the Indecopi Office of Economic Studies, 93% of these barriers were detected through ex officio actions, that i…