The Characteristics and Particularities of Informal Entrepreneurship in Tunisia
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The purpose of this work is to describe the dynamics of informal entrepreneurship in Tunisia in seeking to understand the motivations of informal entrepreneurs, which push them to remain or evolve towards the formalization of their activities. For this, the survey, carried out among of 20 informal entrepreneurs operating in different sectors of activity, allowed us to describe the reasons for which the entrepreneurs working of manner informal in Tunisia, why they wish y stay or evolve towards there formalization of their activity.
Based on the life stories of informal entrepreneurs, our corpus of data allows, on the one hand, to say that motivations has invest in the sector informal are mostly the cost relatively reduced entry and the do to escape to hassles administrative and, secondarily, to tax obligations. On the other hand, several factors push entrepreneurs to remain in the informal sector such as the increasing organization of the sector with professional organizations that defend their interests. There solidarity of the networks family and knowledge and the few administrative and fiscal constraints to which they are subject to are particularly decisive. We can also add the lack of information and support on advantages that provides there formalization of activities.
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