The Informal Sector in Francophone Africa
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The Informal Sector in Francophone Africa

Firm Size, Productivity, and Institutions

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The Informal Sector in Francophone Africa

Firm Size, Productivity, and Institutions

About this book

This book is a major step towards improving the understanding of the complex reality of informal sector firms in francophone West Africa. It innovates by concentrating on informal firms rather than informal employment (as other studies do), and identifying 'large informal' sector firms whose sales rival those of large formal-sector firms but operate in ways that are similar to small informal operators. Not only is the regulatory environment facing these two types of informal firms distinct, but policies aimed at improving their productivity need to be differentiated. This study focuses on the urban informal sector in three capital cities: Dakar (Senegal), Cotonou (Benin), and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). The study also breaks new ground with an eclectic methodology and primary data collection. Quantitative and qualitative firm-level data were collected involving a unique and fruitful collaboration among academic researchers, government officials, the West African economic and monetary union commission, informal and formal sector business associations, and labor unions. This volume represents the culmination of a long collaboration between the Centre de Recherches Economiques Appliquees (CREA) at the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar and the World Bank.

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Information

Publisher
World Bank
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9780821395370
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Infrastructure
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Overview
  6. 1 The Informal Sector in West Africa: Definition
  7. 2 Data Sources and Methods
  8. 3 The Informal Sector in West Africa: Overview of Economic Significance and Welfare Effects
  9. 4 Large Informal Firms in West Africa
  10. 5 Characteristics of the Informal Sector: Findings from Our Surveys
  11. 6 The Institutional Environment of the Informal Sector in West Africa
  12. 7 Informality and Productivity
  13. 8 Informal Trading Networks in West Africa: The Mourides of Senegal/The Gambia and the Yoruba of Benin/Nigeria
  14. 9 Government Policies, Smuggling, and the Informal Sector
  15. Index
  16. Figures
  17. Tables