TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benjamin,Nancy C.
AU  - Mbaye,Ahmadou Aly
AU  - Diop,Ibrahima Thione
ED  - World Bank.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - The informal sector in Francophone Africa: firm size, productivity and institutions 
T2  - Africa development forum
AV  - HD2346.A58 B46 2012
U1  - 338.70966 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - World Bank
KW  - Informal sector (Economics)
KW  - Africa, French-speaking West
KW  - Small business
KW  - Africa, West
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 1960-
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=948385
ER  -