The informal sector in francophone Africa
Subtitle: firm size, productivity and institutions
By: Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [et al.].
Contributors: Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly; Diop, Ibrahima Thione; World Bank
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780821395370; 9780821395424
Subjects: Economic conditions; Informal sector (Economics); Small business
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Outline: Characteristics of informal businesses in West Africa; title: Institutional, regulatory and socio-cultural environment; title: Costs and benefits of informality: productivity, living standards, and tax revenue; title: Main conclusions and recommendations; title: Chapter 1. The informal sector in West Africa: definition; title: Chapter 2. Data sources and methods; title: Chapter 3. The informal sector in west Africa: overview of economic significance and welfare effects; title: Chapter 4. Large informal firms in West Africa; title: Chapter 5. Characteristics of the informal sector: findings from our surveys; title: Chapter 6. The institutional environment of the informal sector in West Africa; title: Chapter 7. Informality and productivity; title: Chapter 8. Informal trading networks in West Africa: the Mourides of Senegal/Gambia and the Yoruba of Benin/Nigeria; title: Chapter 9. Government policies, smuggling and the informal sector.