Welcome to another edition of GDRC's Mosaic!
This month, GDRC Mosaic is being set to more
than 950 subscribers in 110 countries worldwide.
THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT: What is the Informal Sector?
from GDRC's Programme on Informal Sector, in its
economic sphere of activites.
"The informal sector provides a critical 'leg-up' for the very
poor in urban areas to find jobs, increase their incomes,
and improve themselves. But that is not how everyone
see it!"
On one hand it is an unorganized 'nuisance' sector whose
members, for example, do not pay any form of tax; on the
other, it provides jobs and increases incomes of the most
vulnerable groups in a city - the very low-income group.
The informal sector, often called the subsistence,
unorganized or unenumerated sector, includes all
economic activities that are not officially regulated and
which operates outside the incentive system offered by
the state and its institutions.
Public efforts in 'dealing' with the informal sector have
ranged from curbing its activities, letting it be as it is or
attempt to integrate it into the formal economy. This
love-hate relationship between the government and
informal sectors makes an interesting perspective to
study, in developing policies and strategies for the
economies of developing coutnries.
GDRC has been working on these and related issues .
Resources on the informal sector are availble at:
http://www.gdrc.org/informal/
As with all sections of GDRC, contributions, comments
and suggestions are always welcome from users and
subscribers! Please contact GDRC's Coordinator at -
mosaic@gdrc.org
FOCUS ON GDRC: LEARNING LESSONS
Information Life Cycle
The 'life-cycle' approach, as applied to information
management includes the planning stage; collection,
creation and capture of information assets' organization
of information for effective searching and sharing of
information; disseminating information in a timely and
accurate manner.
Where is information available? Who has it? How can
we match user needs with information available? What
are the interlinakages between the different pieces of
information? What enhancements can be envisaged
to the info patterns? How can the products developed
be improved further? How can the info products be
delivered to the user? These are some of the questions
that need to be asked in understanding the information
life-cycle approach.
Ultimately, the timeliness and currency of information -
that enables the right decision to be taken at the right
time at the right level by the right person - is key objective!
MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR GDRC'S WEBSITE
Total hits encountered - 1,077,746
Total files downloaded - 896,366
Total pages viewed - 322,735
Total web visitors - 135,842
Total KBytes - 9,254,136
Pages per day - Avg. 10,410; Max. - 14,464
Visits per day - Avg. 4,382; Max. - 5,574
WHAT'S NEW AT GDRC'S WEBSITE?
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