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The informal sector in francophone Africa : firm size, productivity and institutions
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- Creator
- Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop [and others]
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2012
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- Physical Details
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- xxvi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780821395424, 0821395424, 9786613693396, 9780821395370, 0821395378, 1280783001
- OCLC
- ocn797917076, ocn781556056
- 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