03783oam 22007215 450 991095979850332120240516184602.09786613693396978128078300512807830019780821395424082139542410.1596/978-0-8213-9537-0(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(The World Bank)17219244(US-djbf)17219244(Perlego)1484185(EXLCZ)99267000000020837320120320d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe informal sector in francophone Africa : firm size, productivity and institutions /Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [and others]1st ed.Washington, D.C. :World Bank,2012.pages cmAfrica development forumDescription based upon print version of record.9780821395370 0821395378 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 informaWorld Bank e-Library.Informal sector (Economics)Africa, French-speaking WestSmall businessAfrica, French-speaking WestAfrica, WestEconomic conditions1960-Informal sector (Economics)Small business338.70966Benjamin Nancy C.1956-1805954Mbaye Ahmadou Aly1805955Diop Ibrahima Thione1805956World Bank.IEN/DLCIENBOOK9910959798503321The informal sector in francophone Africa4354848UNINA