User talk:Sionwilliams

Sample

→ Overfishing in territorial waters has been recognised as a key cause of the dwindling of local fish catch, leading to reductions in fish stock and in income for artisanal fishing folk → Subsistence agricultural practices and poorly managed fuel wood and charcoal production. have contributed to land degradation and reduced soil fertility → Indiscriminate burning of refuse and garbage at dumpsites in cities pose major threats through air pollution → Increased use of agrochemicals has the potential to affect human health, reduce agricultural production in the longer run, and damage the ecosystem → Poor urban drainage, linked to poor solid waste collection and management, contributes further to disease, while building on fragile, steeply sloping lands makes Sierra Leoneans vulnerable to landslides → Abandoned mined-out pits, which are a legacy of past unregulated mining, abound in the countryside. The environmental impacts of these mined-out areas have not been properly assessed

Issue

Does unregulated = informal?

Unregulated + mining = extractive sector?

Should unregulated generally be flagged?

Proposal

Review examples to identify additional aliases that should be added to concept store.

Notes

[1] Review the definition of informal in concept store (check the ref). It is close to family business [2] Unregulated as potential new concept (see next column). Application: Eg., hydrogen or new techs.

Conclusion

Informal and unregulated might refer to different ideas in the economic sector context. The idea of informal rest on three elements: the small scale, unreported nature, and being casual/irregular. Unregulated activities not necessarily follow those elements, such as new technologies, procesess, or products (e.g. hydrogeen or other chemicals).

If that is true, unregulated not need to be generally flagged in the informal sector.

Arguments: [1] "ISIC does not distinguish between regulated and unregulated or between legal and illegal production" (4Rev). [2] The household enterprises in the informal sector encompass a wide range of different activities (regulated and unregulated) (4Rev). [3] ISIC considers "manufacturing, repair services and trade are groups of {informal} activities" (4Rev). [4] "Since the definition of the informal sector does not make reference to specific types of activities, in principle all activities classified in ISIC could be carried out in the informal sector" (4Rev). [5] Informal might be an ad hoc category: "insurance activities (ISIC division 65) are in principle not carried out by informal units. However, other activities in ISIC section K (Financial and insurance activities) are sometimes carried out by informal sector units" (4Rev). [6] "informal" (Oxford Dict. def): Designating unregulated commercial activity which takes place outside the official or mainstream economy, and is carried out on a small scale and on a self-employed, casual, or irregular basis; (also) involved in such activity. Frequently in informal economy, informal sector. Typically used to refer to any form of economic activity which goes unreported in official statistics, including illegal activity". [7] "Unregulated" (Oxford Dict. def): Not properly controlled, governed, or directed; not regulated. [8] For ISIC, "Households should be classified here only if it is impossible to identify a primary activity for the subsistence activities of the household". [9] In the ISIC system, "If the household engages in market activities, it should be classified according to the primary market activity carried out".