AffiliationGraduate School of Economics
Department of Economic Systems

Name	Haruka Mitoma
Title of the Research	A carbon footprint analysis considering the production activities of the informal sector
Outline of Research	The informal sector is a set of activities that are imperfectly regulated by the governments, and it is hardly accounted on official statistics. In emerging and developing countries, such unofficial economic activities generate one-third of the total GDP, hence the informal sector is the vital for supply chains in the regions. On the other hand, many study have demonstrated that the higher informality of economies have negative impacts on environment. This study is the first attempt to construct an extended input-output table that distinguishes the formal sector and the informal sector to explore how the informal sector contributes carbon footprint of the country.