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Constrained gazelles : high potentials in West Africa's informal economy

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  1. Adoho, Franck M. & Doumbia, Djeneba, 2022. "Informal Sector Heterogeneity and Income Inequality: Evidence from The Democratic Republic of Congo," Journal of Economic Development, The Economic Research Institute, Chung-Ang University, vol. 47(4), pages 55-77, December.
  2. Habib Sekrafi & Mehdi Abid & Soufiene Assidi, 2021. "The impact of terrorism on formal and informal economy in African countries," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(1), pages 1163-1180, January.
  3. Sam Njinyah & Simplice A. Asongu, 2022. "The relationship between firms that start operating as unregistered and firms’ innovation: the moderating effect of access to finance," Working Papers 22/099, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS).
  4. Rashid, Lubna & Alzafari, Khaled & Kratzer, Jan, 2020. "Founder Personalities, Behaviors and New Venture Success in Sub-Saharan Africa," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
  5. Traoré, Jean Abel & Ouedraogo, Idrissa Mohamed, 2021. "Public policies promoting the informal sector: Effects on incomes, employment and growth in Burkina Faso," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 56-75.
  6. Lo Bue, Maria C. & Le, Tu Thi Ngoc & Santos Silva, Manuel & Sen, Kunal, 2022. "Gender and vulnerable employment in the developing world: Evidence from global microdata," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
  7. Jesica Torres & Franklin Maduko & Isis Gaddis & Leonardo Iacovone & Kathleen Beegle, 2023. "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women-Led Businesses," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 38(1), pages 36-72.
  8. Sam Z. Njinyah & Simplice A. Asongu, 2023. "Unregistered Firms, Financial Access and Innovation," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 32(2), pages 307-346, July.
  9. Colin C. Williams & Abbi M. Kedir, 2017. "Starting-up unregistered and firm performance in Turkey," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 797-817, September.
  10. Jörg Peters & Maximiliane Sievert & Christoph Strupat, 2015. "Impacts of a Micro-Enterprise Clustering Programme on Firm Performance in Ghana," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 27(1), pages 99-121, January.
  11. Thomas Eekhout & Jean‐Philippe Berrou & François Combarnous, 2023. "Entrepreneurs' mobile phone appropriation and technical efficiency of informal firms in Dakar (Senegal)," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(6), pages 1429-1455, August.
  12. Floridi, A. & Wagner, N. & Cameron, J., 2016. "A study of Egyptian and Palestine trans-formal firms – A neglected category operating in the borderland between formality and informality," ISS Working Papers - General Series 619, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
  13. Renate Strobl & Conny Wunsch, 2017. "Does Voluntary Risk Taking Affect Solidarity? Experimental Evidence from Kenya," CESifo Working Paper Series 6578, CESifo.
  14. Yuki Higuchi & Vu Hoang Nam & Tetsushi Sonobe, 2023. "Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from Vietnamese SMEs," Working Papers DP-2022-42, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
  15. Jean-Philippe Berrou & Francois Combarnous & Thomas Eekhout & Kevin Mellet, 2020. "My mobile, my market: Mobile phone uses and economic performance in the informal sector in Dakar [Mon mobile, mon marché. Usages du téléphone mobile et performances économiques dans le secteur info," Post-Print hal-02506855, HAL.
  16. Saul Mendoza-Palacios & Julen Berasaluce & Alfonso Mercado, 2022. "On Industrialization, Human Resources Training, and Policy Coordination," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 179-206, June.
  17. Isabelle Guérin & Bert D'Espallier & G. Venkatasubramanian, 2015. "The Social Regulation of Markets: Why Microcredit Fails to Promote Jobs in Rural South India," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 46(6), pages 1277-1301, November.
  18. Renate Strobl & Conny Wunsch, 2021. "Risky choices and solidarity: disentangling different behavioural channels," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 24(4), pages 1185-1214, December.
  19. Francis Fortune & Olawale Ismail & Monica Stephen, 2015. "Rethinking Youth, Livelihoods, and Fragility in West Africa," World Bank Publications - Reports 22517, The World Bank Group.
  20. Roxana Maurizio & Ana Paula Monsalvo, 2021. "Informality, labour transitions, and the livelihoods of workers in Latin America," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-19, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  21. Grabrucker, Katharina & Grimm, Michael, 2018. "Does crime deter South Africans from self-employment?," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(2), pages 413-435.
  22. Traore, Abel & Ouedraogo, Idrissa, 2016. "Public policies promoting the informal economy: effects on incomes, employment and growth in Burkina Faso," Conference papers 332690, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
  23. Lenz, Anna-Katharina & Sutter, Christopher & Goldszmidt, Rafael & Zucco, Cesar, 2021. "Venture distress and problemistic search among entrepreneurs in Brazilian favelas," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 36(6).
  24. Marcus H. Böhme & Sarah Kups, 2017. "The economic effects of labour immigration in developing countries: A literature review," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 335, OECD Publishing.
  25. Jean-Philippe Berrou & François Combarnous & Thomas Eekhout, 2018. "Usages du mobile et performances économiques des micro et petites entreprises informelles à Dakar. Quels profils d’usagers pour quels segments de l’informel ?," Working Papers hal-02148197, HAL.
  26. Helke Seitz, 2017. "Microenterprises in Developing Countries: Is there Growth Potential?," DIW Roundup: Politik im Fokus 114, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
  27. Michael Weber, 2018. "Burkina Faso Jobs Diagnostic," World Bank Publications - Reports 31033, The World Bank Group.
  28. Katarzyna Cieslik & Olivia D’Aoust, 2018. "Risky Business? Rural Entrepreneurship in Subsistence Markets: Evidence from Burundi," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 30(4), pages 693-717, September.
  29. Colin C Williams & Abbi M. Kedir, 2016. "Business Registration And Firm Performance: Some Lessons From India," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 21(03), pages 1-19, September.
  30. Faiza Manzoor & Longbao Wei & Mohammad Nurunnabi & Qazi Abdul Subhan, 2019. "Role of SME in Poverty Alleviation in SAARC Region via Panel Data Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(22), pages 1-14, November.
  31. Oriana Bandiera & Ahmed Elsayed & Andrea Smurra & Céline Zipfel, 2022. "Young Adults and Labor Markets in Africa," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 36(1), pages 81-100, Winter.
  32. Emmanuelle Lavallée & François Roubaud, 2019. "Corruption in the Informal Sector: Evidence from West Africa," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(6), pages 1067-1080, June.
  33. Maksimov, Vladislav & Wang, Stephanie Lu & Luo, Yadong, 2017. "Reducing poverty in the least developed countries: The role of small and medium enterprises," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 52(2), pages 244-257.
  34. Sutter, Christopher & Bruton, Garry D. & Chen, Juanyi, 2019. "Entrepreneurship as a solution to extreme poverty: A review and future research directions," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 197-214.
  35. Rosas, Nina & Acevedo, Maria Cecilia & Zaldivar, Samantha, 2022. "Starting points matter: Cash plus training effects on youth entrepreneurship, skills, and resilience during an epidemic," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
  36. Xinshen Diao & Josaphat Kweka & Margaret McMillan, 2016. "Economic Transformation in Africa from the Bottom Up: Evidence from Tanzania," NBER Working Papers 22889, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  37. Calza, Elisa & Goedhuys, Micheline, 2016. "Entrepreneurial heterogeneity and the design of entrepreneurship policies for economic growth and inclusive development," MERIT Working Papers 2016-043, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
  38. Danquah Michael & Schotte Simone & Sen Kunal, 2021. "Informal work in sub-Saharan Africa: Dead end or stepping-stone?," IZA Journal of Development and Migration, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 12(1), pages 1-44, January.
  39. Fabian Scholtes & Daniel Neff & Florian Lampe, 2018. "The Role And Sources Of Agency And Self-Employment Over The Life Course: Micro-Entrepreneurs In Kampala, Uganda," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 23(04), pages 1-21, December.
  40. Damien Girollet, 2024. "Digital divides among microenterprises: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 36(2), pages 1350-1380, March.
  41. Traoré, Jean Abel & Ouedraogo, Idrissa Mohamed, 2015. "Public policies promoting the informal economy: effects on incomes, employment and growth in Burkina Faso," MPRA Paper 74760, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  42. Joshua Wassink, 2018. "Is Local Social Development Associated with Workforce Composition? A Municipal Analysis of Mexico, 1990–2015," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 37(6), pages 941-966, December.
  43. Aalia Cassim & Kezia Lilenstein & Morne Oosthuizen & Francois Steenkamp, 2016. "Informality and Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa," Working Papers 201602, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.
  44. David N Margolis, 2014. "By Choice and by Necessity: Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in the Developing World," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 26(4), pages 419-436, September.
  45. Ana Moreno-Monroy & Janneke Pieters & Abdul Erumban, 2014. "Formal sector subcontracting and informal sector employment in Indian manufacturing," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 3(1), pages 1-17, December.
  46. Floridi, Andrea & Demena, Binyam Afewerk & Wagner, Natascha, 2020. "Shedding light on the shadows of informality: A meta-analysis of formalization interventions targeted at informal firms," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).
  47. Roy, Devesh & Gupta, Manavi & Kishore, Avinash & Saroj, Sunil, 2021. "Analyzing the Most Poverty Sensitive Non-Farm Sector in India: A Case Study of Food Enterprises Using Enterprise and Labor Force Surveys," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315869, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  48. Amin, Mohammad & Islam, Asif, 2015. "Are Large Informal Firms More Productive than the Small Informal Firms? Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys in Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 374-385.
  49. Diao, Xinshen & Kweka, Josaphat & McMillan, Margaret, 2018. "Small firms, structural change and labor productivity growth in Africa: Evidence from Tanzania," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 400-415.
  50. Saibal Ghosh, 2023. "Gender and discouraged borrowers: Evidence from India," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(7), pages 1731-1752, October.
  51. Saibal Ghosh, 2022. "Firm Performance and Productivity: Is Labour an Obstacle?," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 65(3), pages 709-728, September.
  52. Jörg Peters & Maximiliane Sievert & Christoph Strupat, 2013. "Impacts of a Micro-Enterprise Clustering Program on Firm Performance in Ghana," Ruhr Economic Papers 0407, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
  53. Reeg, Caroline, 2015. "Micro and small enterprises as drivers for job creation and decent work," IDOS Discussion Papers 10/2015, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
  54. Eunice Maria M. N. Dos Santos & João J. Ferreira, 2017. "Analyzing Informal Entrepreneurship: A Bibliometric Survey," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 22(04), pages 1-20, December.
  55. Damien Girollet, 2023. "Digital divides among microenterprises: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa," Post-Print hal-04395947, HAL.
  56. Omar Thiam, 2018. "Le secteur informel en Afrique de l'Ouest : enjeux et perspectives," Post-Print hal-02159695, HAL.
  57. Isabelle Guérin & Bert D'Espallier & G. Venkatasubramanian, 2013. "Why does microfinance fail in rural south-India? The social regulation of self-employment," Working Papers CEB 13-034, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  58. Pierre Nguimkeu & Cedric Okou, 2021. "Leveraging digital technologies to boost productivity in the informal sector in Sub‐Saharan Africa," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 38(6), pages 707-731, November.
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