03592nam 2200649 a 450 991046182420332120200520144314.01-280-78300-197866136933960-8213-9542-4(CKB)2670000000208373(EBL)948385(OCoLC)797917076(SSID)ssj0000677960(PQKBManifestationID)11449742(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677960(PQKBWorkID)10698391(PQKB)10797885(MiAaPQ)EBC948385(Au-PeEL)EBL948385(CaPaEBR)ebr10576340(CaONFJC)MIL369339(EXLCZ)99267000000020837320120320d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe informal sector in Francophone Africa[electronic resource] firm size, productivity and institutions /Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [et al.]Washington, D.C. World Bank20121 online resource (264 p.)Africa development forumDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-9537-8 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.The informal sector in West Africa has some distinctive characteristics. Informality usually connotes small and unorganized producers operating on the fringes of the formal economy. In West African countries, however, the normal situation is to some extent reversed: a dynamic informal sector dominates the stagnant formal economy. Moreover, in these countries, small operators coexist with very large and politically well-connected informal enterprises and well-organized networks. Notwithstanding its importance, there have been relatively few systematic studies of this dual feature of the informaAfrica development forum.Informal sector (Economics)Africa, French-speaking WestSmall businessAfrica, French-speaking WestAfrica, WestEconomic conditions1960-Electronic books.Informal sector (Economics)Small business338.70966Benjamin Nancy C.1956-1051864Mbaye Ahmadou Aly1051865Diop Ibrahima Thione1051866World Bank.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461824203321The informal sector in Francophone Africa2482680UNINA