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245	1	4	_aThe informal sector in francophone Africa : _bfirm size, productivity and institutions / _cNancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop ... [et al.].
264			_aWashington, D.C. : _bWorld Bank, _c2012.
300			_axxvi, 233 pages: _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_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.
650	0	0	_aInformal sector (Economics) _zAfrica, French-speaking West _9109098
650	0	0	_aSmall business _zAfrica, French-speaking West _9109099
651		0	_aAfrica, West _xEconomic conditions _y1960- _9109100
700	1		_aMbaye, Ahmadou Aly _9109096
700	1		_aDiop, Ibrahima Thione _9109097
710	1		_aWorld Bank _919811
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