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020 _a9780821395370
020 _a9780821395424 (electronic)
024 7 _a10.1596/978-0-8213-9537-0
_2doi
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050 0 0 _aHD2346.A58
_bB46 2012
082 0 4 _a338.70966
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100 1 _aBenjamin, Nancy C.,
_d1956-
245 1 4 _aThe informal sector in francophone Africa :
_h[electronic resource]
_bfirm size, productivity and institutions /
_cNancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [et al.].
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bWorld Bank,
_c2012.
263 _a1111
300 _ap. cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aOutline: 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aInformal sector (Economics)
_zAfrica, French-speaking West.
650 0 _aSmall business
_zAfrica, French-speaking West.
651 0 _aAfrica, West
_xEconomic conditions
_y1960-
700 1 _aDiop, Ibrahima Thione.
700 1 _aMbaye, Ahmadou Aly.
710 2 _aWorld Bank.
776 0 8 _aPrint Version:
_z9780821395370
830 0 _aWorld Bank e-Library.
856 4 0 _uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-9537-0
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