The informal sector in francophone Africa : firm size, productivity and institutions
Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [et al.]
| Year of publication: |
2012
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| Authors: | Benjamin, Nancy C. |
| Other Persons: | Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly (contributor) ; Diop, Ibrahima Thione (contributor) |
| Institutions: | World Bank (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Washington, D.C : World Bank |
| Subject: | Betriebsgröße | Firm size | Produktivität | Productivity | Informelle Wirtschaft | Informal economy | Schattenwirtschaft | Underground economy | Frankofones Afrika | Francophone Africa |
Online Resource
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (p. cm) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Outline: Characteristics of informal businesses in West AfricaInstitutional, 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. 1111 |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8213-9537-0 ; 978-0-8213-9542-4 ; 978-0-8213-9537-0 |
| Other identifiers: | 10.1596/978-0-8213-9537-0 [DOI] |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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