There is growing concern over the impact of COVID-19 on the shadow/informal economy. Questions about how lockdown is affecting informal traders, what form of assistance/relief is available for the informal sector, is the shadow economy expected to increase or decrease, and will the informal traders be able to bounce back into business when the economy opens up again are some of the critical questions that need to be interrogated in order for Eswatini to be able to take action to protect all people in their various sectors of the economy.

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