The informal sector in francophone Africa : [electronic resource] firm size, productivity and institutions / Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [et al.].
By: Benjamin, Nancy C
Contributor(s): Diop, Ibrahima Thione | Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly | World Bank
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TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2012Description: p. cmISBN: 9780821395370; 9780821395424 (electronic)Subject(s): Informal sector (Economics) -- Africa, French-speaking West | Small business -- Africa, French-speaking West | Africa, West -- Economic conditions -- 1960-Additional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification: 338.70966 LOC classification: HD2346.A58 | B46 2012Online resources: home Includes bibliographical references and index.
Outline: Characteristics of informal businesses in West Africa -- Institutional, regulatory and socio-cultural environment -- Costs and benefits of informality: productivity, living standards, and tax revenue -- Main conclusions and recommendations -- Chapter 1. The informal sector in West Africa: definition -- Chapter 2. Data sources and methods -- Chapter 3. The informal sector in west Africa: overview of economic significance and welfare effects -- Chapter 4. Large informal firms in West Africa -- Chapter 5. Characteristics of the informal sector: findings from our surveys -- Chapter 6. The institutional environment of the informal sector in West Africa -- Chapter 7. Informality and productivity -- Chapter 8. Informal trading networks in West Africa: the Mourides of Senegal/Gambia and the Yoruba of Benin/Nigeria -- Chapter 9. Government policies, smuggling and the informal sector.
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