LEADER 03668oam 22006735 450 001 9910821781203321 005 20240516184602.0 010 $a1-280-78300-1 010 $a9786613693396 010 $a0-8213-9542-4 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-9537-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000208373 035 $a(EBL)948385 035 $a(OCoLC)797917076 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000677960 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11449742 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677960 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10698391 035 $a(PQKB)10797885 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC948385 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL948385 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576340 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL369339 035 $a(The World Bank)17219244 035 $a(US-djbf)17219244 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000208373 100 $a20120320d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe informal sector in francophone Africa : $efirm size, productivity and institutions /$fNancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [and others] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$d2012. 215 $apages cm 225 1 $aAfrica development forum 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-9537-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOutline: 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. 330 $aThe informal sector in West Africa has some distinctive characteristics. Informality usually connotes small and unorganized producers operating on the fringes of the formal economy. In West African countries, however, the normal situation is to some extent reversed: a dynamic informal sector dominates the stagnant formal economy. Moreover, in these countries, small operators coexist with very large and politically well-connected informal enterprises and well-organized networks. Notwithstanding its importance, there have been relatively few systematic studies of this dual feature of the informa 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aInformal sector (Economics)$zAfrica, French-speaking West 606 $aSmall business$zAfrica, French-speaking West 607 $aAfrica, West$xEconomic conditions$y1960- 615 0$aInformal sector (Economics) 615 0$aSmall business 676 $a338.70966 700 $aBenjamin$b Nancy C.$f1956-$01709377 701 $aMbaye$b Ahmadou Aly$01709378 701 $aDiop$b Ibrahima Thione$01709379 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bIEN/DLC 801 1$bIEN 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821781203321 996 $aThe informal sector in francophone Africa$94099087 997 $aUNINA