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The informal sector and microfinance institutions in West Africa / - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c1996. - xv, 365 p. : - World Bank regional and sectoral studies .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-338).

This book examines the dynamics and constraints faced by informal sectors in 12 West African countries -Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, and Sierra Leone- as well as the issues confronted by the microfinance institutions that serve them. Nine microfinance companies considered to be among the most effective in the region were selected and evaluated for their suitability for partnership with the Bank. The book sums up major findings of the country profiles and of the institutional case studies, and lays out a series of options for World Bank involvement. Among the major findings are that informal sectors are very large and appear to be growing rapidly, accounting for one-third to three-quarters of total employment in most countries.

ISBN: 0821335979 9780821335970

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Microfinance
Informal sector (Economics)
Banks and banking,
Banks and banking, Cooperative
Microfinance

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa - french speaking West

LC Class. No.: HD2346.A58 / I54 1996

Dewey Class. No.: 332.2 / INF