The Informal Sector in Francophone Africa
Author | : Nancy Benjamin |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2012-06-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780821395370 |
ISBN-13 | : 0821395378 |
Rating | : 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Outline: Characteristics of informal businesses in West Africa -- Institutional, regulatory and socio-culturalenvironment -- Costs and benefits of informality: productivity, living standards, and tax revenue -- Main onclusions 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.