During a survey of an urban market in Peshawar, researchers drew Fig. 1 to show informal workers. The sketch includes a tea stall, a bicycle repairer, a str...
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During a survey of an urban market in Peshawar, researchers drew Fig. 1 to show informal workers. The sketch includes a tea stall, a bicycle repairer, a street vendor and a waste collector. These workers are important to the city economy although many have no written contract.
(a) Identify one informal occupation shown in Fig. 1. [1]
(b) Describe one feature that makes this work informal. [1]
(c) Explain two reasons why informal work is common in rapidly growing Pakistani cities. [2]
Answer Details
(a) Any one: tea seller [1]; bicycle repairer [1]; street vendor [1]; waste collector [1]. (b) Any one: no written employment contract [1]; unregistered small business [1]; irregular income [1]; no formal employment benefits [1]. (c) Any two: rural migrants may arrive faster than formal jobs are created [1]; informal work has low start-up costs and needs limited qualifications [1]; people need immediate income when unemployed [1]; demand exists for cheap services and goods [1].
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