02537nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10576340 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120320s2012 dcuad sb 001 0 eng d 2012011914 9780821395370 9780821395424 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)797917076 fw----- HD2346.A58 B46 2012eb 338.70966 23 Benjamin, Nancy C., 1956- The 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 Bank, 2012. xxvi, 233 p. : ill. Africa development forum 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Informal sector (Economics) Africa, French-speaking West. Small business Africa, French-speaking West. Africa, West Economic conditions 1960- Electronic books. local Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly. Diop, Ibrahima Thione. World Bank. ebrary, Inc. Africa development forum. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10576340 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 87953 87953