The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from established African entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive sociocultural traits or whether the Chineseʹs supposed...

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, independent entrepreneurial migrants from China have been increasingly flocking to Africa in search of "greener pastures". This paper scrutinizes the empirical foundations of the increasingly hostile discourses of African traders regarding the...

Measuring the informal economy: taking up the challenge -- Statistics relating to the informal economy -- Statistics on developed countries -- Specific groups of urban informal workers -- Future directions for measuring the informal economy