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The informal sector in Francophone Africa

by Benjamin, Nancy C.,
Additional authors: Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly. | Diop, Ibrahima Thione. | World Bank. | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Africa development forum Published by : World Bank, (Washington, D.C. :) Physical details: xxvi, 233 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Informal sector (Economics) -- Africa, French-speaking West. | Small business -- Africa, French-speaking West. | Africa, West -- Economic conditions -- 1960- | Electronic books.
Year: 2012
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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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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