02537nam a2200409 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001800112020002700130040002100157035002100178043001200199050002700211082001800238100003100256245019500287260004300482300002500525490002900550504005100579505090100630533015201531650006301683650005001746651004501796655002901841700002401870700002701894710001601921710001701937830003001954856012601984999001702110ebr10576340CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||120320s2012    dcuad   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2012011914  z9780821395370  z9780821395424 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)797917076  afw-----14aHD2346.A58bB46 2012eb04a338.709662231 aBenjamin, Nancy C.,d1956-14aThe informal sector in Francophone Africah[electronic resource] :bfirm size, productivity and institutions /cNancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [et al.].  aWashington, D.C. :bWorld Bank,c2012.  axxvi, 233 p. :bill.1 aAfrica development forum  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aInformal sector (Economics)zAfrica, French-speaking West. 0aSmall businesszAfrica, French-speaking West. 0aAfrica, WestxEconomic conditionsy1960- 7aElectronic books.2local1 aMbaye, Ahmadou Aly.1 aDiop, Ibrahima Thione.2 aWorld Bank.2 aebrary, Inc. 0aAfrica development forum.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10576340zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c87953d87953