Public policies promoting the informal economy: effects on incomes, employment and growth in Burkina Faso
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Informal economy; Public Policies; CGE model;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- E16 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Social Accounting Matrix
- E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
- H81 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Governmental Loans; Loan Guarantees; Credits; Grants; Bailouts
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2016-10-30 (Africa)
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