This document presents a book on Formal and Informal Enterprises in Francophone Africa: Moving Toward a Vibrant Private Sector. This book makes an important contribution to the analysis of the informal sector and how it affects business environments, jobs, institutions, and structural transformation in Francophone Africa. It provides an understanding of the landscape of private entrepreneurship in Africa through its consideration of both formal and informal firms. The authors refute the traditional formal/informal duality hypothesized in the mainstream literature and undertake a thorough analysis of the wide spectrum of private entrepreneurship, between the extremes of complete formality and complete informality. This approach to informality as a continuum provides useful insights into the following issues: How do formal and informal firms cooperate or compete in various value chains, and how does this shape jobs, social protection, and productivity? What are the magnitude and sources of the productivity difference between formal and informal firms, and do the characteristics of firms help to explain this gap? What are the barriers to growth for formal and informal firms, and how can policy contribute to overcoming them? How do the labour regulations, to which formal firms are subjected, affect the share of informal sector jobs? How can policy contribute to nurturing a greater synergy between formal and informal firms?

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International Development Research Center (IDRC)

Women and informal firms// Economic participation of women// Women and technology// Women’s employment/