Informality and Economic Units in the Caribbean

This Study seeks to synthesize four national studies on Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Saint Lucia to determine the reasons for economic units to function informally and the frequency of informal economic units. It is intended to draw some general conclusions about the prevalence and forms of informal economic units in the wider Caribbean region, so as to design a regional strategy for formalization that is sufficiently customized to be relevant to the individual countries.