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.
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The informal sector in francophone Africa : firm size, productivity and institutions by Nancy C. Benjamin. ISBN 9780821395370. Published by Copublication of the Agence Française de Développement and the World Bank in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
