The informal sector in Francophone Africa : firm size, productivity and institutions / / Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [et al.].
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| Superior document: | Africa development forum |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Africa development forum.
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| Physical Description: | xxvi, 233 p. :; ill. |
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Table of 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.