| Description |
xxvi, 233 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Africa development forum |
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Africa development forum.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Informal sector (Economics) -- Africa, French-speaking West.
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Small business -- Africa, French-speaking West.
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Africa, West -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly.
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Diop, Ibrahima Thione.
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World Bank.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780821395370 |
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9780821395424 (electronic bk.) |
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