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The idea of an informal economy emerged from, and is a critique of,
the ideology of ‘economic development’. It originated from
Keith Hart’s recognition of informal economic activity in 1960s
Ghana. In the context of four colonialisms – German, British,
Australian and Dutch – this book recounts Hart’s effort in 1972
to introduce the informal ‘sector’ into development planning in
Papua New Guinea. This was problematic, because ‘the market’
was scarcely institutionalized, and traditional modes of exchange
persisted stubbornly. Rather than conforming with post-colonial
economic ideology, the subjected people pushed back against imposed
bureaucracy to practice informal and hybrid modes of economic
activity.
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