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Activites informelles et l'emploi au Benin: analyse et strategie de developpement

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This report analyses the informal sector of Benin in 1985. A first part examines the characteristics and potentialities of the sector as an important provider of productive employment, training and contributor to rapid economic growth. The second part studies the constraints of the production units, mainly in respect of equipment, level of training, taxes, finance, and lack of links with the other sectors of the economy. In the final part, proposals are formulated to enhance the contribution of the informal sector to the development of the country. At the level of the production units, assistance is proposed, especially for the small mechanics. In macro terms, the following measures, among others, are envisaged: a better data collection, the coordination of the actions for the informal sector, a streamlining of the tax structure, the ploughing back of some of the earnings of commerce into production, etc.

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  • Lachaud JP., 1987. "Activites informelles et l'emploi au Benin: analyse et strategie de developpement," ILO Working Papers 992553363402676, International Labour Organization.
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    1. Peters-Berries C., 1993. "Urban informal sector in Zimbabwe: from insignificance to the employer of the last resort," ILO Working Papers 992931213402676, International Labour Organization.
    2. Assuncao P., 1993. "Government policies and the urban informal sector in sub-saharan Africa: a comparative study on Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Angola," ILO Working Papers 992938913402676, International Labour Organization.
    3. Peters-Berries C., 1993. "Putting development policies into practice: the problems of implementing policy reforms in Africa," ILO Working Papers 992931173402676, International Labour Organization.
    4. Maipose GS., 1990. "Informal sector in Zambia: employment consequences of the legal and regulatory framework," ILO Working Papers 992769103402676, International Labour Organization.
    5. Harriss JC., 1990. "Linkages between the formal and the informal sectors in developing countries: a review of literature," ILO Working Papers 992744903402676, International Labour Organization.
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    7. Jean-Pierre Lachaud, 1995. "Pauvreté et marché du travail au Bénin : quelques éléments d'analyse," Documents de travail 06, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV.

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