The informal sector in francophone Africa : firm size, productivity and institutions /
Benjamin, Nancy C., 1956-
The informal sector in francophone Africa : firm size, productivity and institutions / Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [and others]. - pages cm. - World Bank e-Library. .
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.
9780821395370 9780821395424 (electronic)
10.1596/978-0-8213-9537-0 doi
2012011914
Informal sector (Economics)--Africa, French-speaking West.
Small business--Africa, French-speaking West.
Africa, West--Economic conditions--1960-
HD2346.A58 / B46 2012
338.70966
The informal sector in francophone Africa : firm size, productivity and institutions / Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [and others]. - pages cm. - World Bank e-Library. .
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.
9780821395370 9780821395424 (electronic)
10.1596/978-0-8213-9537-0 doi
2012011914
Informal sector (Economics)--Africa, French-speaking West.
Small business--Africa, French-speaking West.
Africa, West--Economic conditions--1960-
HD2346.A58 / B46 2012
338.70966