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Are Large Informal Firms More Productive than the Small Informal Firms? Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys in Africa

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  15. Assefa, Dawit Z. & Liao, Ching T. & Misganaw, Bisrat A., 2022. "Unpacking the negative impact of initial informality on innovation: The mediating roles of investments in R&D and employee training," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
  16. Andam, Kwaw S. & Asante, Seth, 2018. "Firm employment, exit, and growth in the food processing sector: Evidence from Ghana," IFPRI discussion papers 1755, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  17. Nam Hoang Vu & Tram-Anh Nguyen & Tram Bao Hoang & Nguyen Viet Cuong, 2024. "Formal Firms with Bribery in a Dynamic Business Environment," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 191(3), pages 571-589, May.
  18. Therese Felicitee Azeng, 2025. "State fragility and women’s political empowerment in developing countries," Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, Springer, vol. 6(1), pages 93-134, April.
  19. Gareth Liu-Evans & Shalini Mitra, 2020. "Formal sector enforcement and welfare," Working Papers 202030, University of Liverpool, Department of Economics.
  20. Aga,Gemechu A. & Francis,David C. & Jolevski,Filip & Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis & Wimpey,Joshua Seth, 2022. "Surveying Informal Businesses : Methodology and Applications," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9905, The World Bank.
  21. Kabubo-Mariara, Jane & Machio, Phyllis Mumia & Njoroge, Michael Murigi & Chemengich, Margaret, 2023. "Links between firm registration and performance: Does it pay to register?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
  22. 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.
  23. Evy Rachmawati Chaldun & Gatot Yudoko & Eko Agus Prasetio, 2024. "Developing a Theoretical Framework of Export-Oriented Small Enterprises: A Multiple Case Study in an Emerging Country," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-38, December.
  24. Walter Heredia & Antonio Lecuna & Jorge Heredia & Cristian Geldes & Alejandro Flores, 2023. "Effect of corruption and crime on growth-oriented informal firms," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 2065-2091, December.
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  26. Cosmas Bernard Meka’a & Astride Claudel Njiepue Nouffeussie & Fabrice Nzepang, 2025. "Effects of ICTs on Labor Productivity: A Re-examination of Solow’s Paradox Through the Prism of the Joint Use of ICT Tools in Cameroonian Firms," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 16(2), pages 10865-10890, June.
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  28. Ibrahim Mike Okumu & Joseph Mawejje, 2020. "Labour productivity in African manufacturing: Does the level of skills development matter?," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 38(4), pages 441-464, July.
  29. Amanda Haarman & Marcus M. Larsen & Rebecca Namatovu, 2022. "Understanding the Firm in the Informal Economy: A Research Agenda," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(6), pages 3005-3025, December.
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