Informal Economy and Value Chain in the Globalizing Era

本研究的目的是从经济学的角度和政治/社会的角度对非正规经济进行研究，特别是参考全球价值链。亚洲区域一体化不仅为全球资本提供了新的经济机遇，也为微型/小型企业提供了新的经济机遇。例如，泰国鞋类出口目的地目前呈现出西方市场减少、周边亚洲和中东国家扩张的新趋势。微型/小型企业的全球化是这一新趋势的一部分。因此，正规经济和非正规经济之间的竞争越来越激烈，导致了这两个经济体关系的变化。

The aim of the research is to conduct research on the Informal Economy with special reference to the Global Value Chain (GVC) from perspective of economics and also politics/social aspect. The regional integration of Asia has provided new economic opportunity not only for global capital but also for micro/small enterprises. For example, destination of shoes exports from Thailand is now showing new trend that is decrease of Western market and expansion of neighboring Asia and Middle East countries. Globalization of micro/small enterprise is part of this new trend. At the result, competition between the formal and the informal economy is getting higher which leading the change of relationship of these two economies.