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African Development Bank (AfDB)

 

African Statistical Journal, Vol. 9, Nov. 2009 [28 January 2010]

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/AFDB_Statistical%20Journal%20Vol9_web.pdf

[full-text, 499 pages – in both ENGLISH & FRENCH]

 

Contents

Editorial...............................................................................................11

Abbreviations.......................................................................................19

Contributors........................................................................................23

Introduction: The informal sector and poverty in Africa – measurement

instruments, analyses, and economic policies, Martin Balepa

and François Roubaud......................................................................... 34

 

1. Measuring the informal sector and informal employment: the experience drawn from 1-2-3 surveys in African countries, Mireille

Razafindrakoto, François Roubaud, and Constance Torelli...................... 88

 

2. Operationalization of concepts of informality and production of  accounts of informal production units: the experience of the Cameroon National Employment and Informal Sector Survey (EESI 2005), René Aymar Bertrand Amougou, Anaclet Désiré Dzossa, Joseph Fouoking, Stéphane Nepetsoun, and Joseph Tédou.......... 148

 

3 The informal economy in national accounts: The role of the national accountant, Michel Séruzier................................................. 201

 

4 Integration of the informal rural non-agricultural sector into the national accounts: the Cameroonian experience, Joseph Fouoking...... 250

 

5 Determinants of the willingness to register informal enterprises in Madagascar: implications for public administration strategies, Faly Hery Rakotomanana................................................................... 289

 

6 The informal sector, taxation, and equity: the example of Cameroon, Prosper Backiny-Yetna........................................................................ 347

 

7 Institutional role of statistics institutes in implementing and monitoring public policies on the informal sector in Africa: the case of Cameroon, René Aymar Bertrand Amougou, Anaclet Désiré Dzossa, Joseph Fouoking, Stéphane Nepetsoun, and Joseph Tédou.......... 388

 

8 Production of informal sector statistics in Africa: lessons and perspectives for improvement, François Roubaud.............................. 422

 

Book Review: “Urban Labor Markets in Africa”.................................453

Editorial Policy..................................................................................463

Guidelines for Manuscript Submission and Preparation.................467

Acknowledgments..............................................................................470

Highlights for the Second and Third Quarters 2009:

• First Forum on Statistical Training and Human Resources in Africa, Bujumbura, Burundi, June 18-19, 2009........................................... 473

• Regional Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 29-July 3, 2009.................. 475

• The 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute, Durban, South Africa, August 16-22, 2009.................................................... 479

• Address by H.E. Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, at the 57th Session of the ISI.................................................................. 485

• Address by Trevor Manuel, MP, Hon. Minister in the National Planning Commission, to the 57th Session of the ICI..................... 493

Upcoming Events...............................................................................496

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