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, 1956-Contributor(s): Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly | Diop, Ibrahima Thione | World Bank | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Africa development forumPublication details: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2012Description: xxvi, 233 p. : illISBN: 9780821395424 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Informal sector (Economics) -- Africa, French-speaking West | Small business -- Africa, French-speaking West | Africa, West -- Economic conditions -- 1960-Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.70966 LOC classification: HD2346.A58 | B46 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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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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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