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Publications

• General
• Economic contstraints
• Institutional constraints
• Social contstraints
• Background papers

General

1. Grimm, M., R. van der Hoeven and J. Lay (2011), Unlocking potential: Tackling economic, institutional and social constraints of informal entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: Main findings and policy conclusions.
2. Grimm M., P. Knorringa and J. Lay (2012), Constrained Gazelles: High Potentials in West Africa's Informal Economy (revised version). World Development, 40 (7): 1-17 Complementary appendix
3. Cling J.-P., T.T. Nguyen, H.C. Nguyen, M. Razafindrakoto Mireille, F. Roubaud C. Torelli (2010), Comparing the informal sector in Vietnam and Africa, forthcoming in The Informal Sector in Vietnam: A focus on Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi: The Gioi Editions.

Economic constraints

1. Grimm, M., J. Krüger and J. Lay (2011), Barriers to Entry and Returns to Capital in Informal Activities: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.Review of Income and Wealth 57: S27-S53.
2. Grimm M., S. Lange and J. Lay (2012), Credit-constrained in risky activities? The determinants of capital stocks of micro and small firms in Western Africa. GIGA Working Papers No 185, GIGA, Hamburg.
3. Göbel K., M. Grimm, J. Lay (2011), Capital returns, productivity and accumulation in micro and small enterprises: Evidence from Peruvian panel data.
4. Vaillant, J., M. Grimm, J. Lay and F. Roubaud (2011) Informal sector dynamics in times of fragile growth: the case of Madagascar. DIAL Working Paper No. DT/2011-10, DIAL, Paris.DIAL Working Paper No DT/2011-10, DIAL, Paris.
5. Gubert F. and F. Roubaud (2011), The Impact of Microfinance Loans on Small Informal Enterprises in Madagascar. A Panel Data Analysis.
6. Böhme M. and R. Thiele (2011), Is the Informal Sector Constrained from the Demand Side. Evidence from Six West African capitals, Kiel Working Papers No. 1683, IfW, Kiel. Forthcoming in World Development.
7. Böhme M. and R. Thiele (2011), Informal-formal linkages and informal enterprise performance in urban West Africa. Kiel Working Papers No. 1751, IfW Kiel

Institutionanal Constraints

1. Ouedraogo E., O. Koriko, S. Coulibaly, M. Fall, E. Ramilison and E. Lavallée (2011), Institutional barriers to formalisation of informal production units in the main agglomerations of the WAEMU zone.
2. Lavallée E. and F. Roubaud (2011), Corruption and informal enterprise performance: West African evidence.
3. Grimm,M., R. Hartwig and J. Lay (2011), How much does Utility Access matter for the Performance of Small and Micro Enterprises?

Social constraints

1. Grimm, M., F. Gubert, O. Koriko, J. Lay and C.J. Nordman (2011), Kinship-ties and entrepreneurship in Western Africa.
2. Hadnes, M., B. Vollan and M. Kosfeld (2011), The Dark Side of Solidarity: An Experimental Approach to the impact of Solidarity on Work Input.
3. Grimm, M., R. Hartwig and J. Lay (2011), Investment Decisions of Small Entrepreneurs in a Context of Strong Sharing Norms.
4. Grimm, M., H. C. Nguyen and C. J. Nordman (2011), Household Entrepreneurship and Social Networks in Vietnam: Panel Data Evidence.
5. Pasquier-Doumer, L. (2011), Intergenerational transmission of self-employed status in the informal sector: a constrained choice or better income prospects? Evidence from seven West-African countries.

Background papers by project particpants

• Amegashie, F., A. Brilleau, S. Coulibaly, O. Koriko, F. Roubaud, E. Ouedraogo and C. Torelli (2005). La conception et la mise en œuvre des enquêtes 1-2-3 en UEMOA : les enseignements méthodologiques. Stateco, 99 : 21-42.
• Anjuenneya Njoya A., Djomo S., Guillemin S., Mba M., Merceron S., Torelli C. (2008). Dynamique du marché de l’emploi à Yaoundé entre 1993 et 2005: des déséquilibres persistants. Stateco, 102: 71-95.
• Bocquier, P., C.J. Nordman and A. Vescovo (2010), Employment Vulnerability and Earnings in Urban West Africa. World Development, forthcoming.
• Brilleau, A., S. Coulibaly, F. Gubert, O. Koriko, M. Kuépié, E. Ouédraogo (2005), Le secteur informel : performance, insertion, perspectives, enquête 1-2-3. Statéco, 99: 65-88.
• Caler,o C., A.S. Bedi and R. Sparrow (2009). Remittances, Liquidity Constraints and Human Capital Investments in Ecuador. World Development, forthcoming.
• Cling J.-P., Razafindrakoto M., Roubaud F. (2005). Export Processing Zones in Madagascar: a Success Story under Threat? World development, 33(5): 785-803.
• Cling, J.-P., Dô Trong Khanh, Lê Van Dụy, M. Razafindrakoto and F. Roubaud (Eds). (2008). Measuring the Informal Sector in Vietnam: International Experience and Challenges, Statistical Scientific Information Review. Special Issue, Hanoi.
• De Vreyer, P., F. Guber and F. Roubaud (2009). Migration, Self-Selection and Returns to Education in the WAEMU. Journal of African Economies, forthcoming.
• Cogneau D., Razafindrakoto M. and Roubaud F. (1996). Le secteur informel urbain et l’ajustement au Cameroun. Revue d’Economie du Développement, 3: 27-63.
• Dimova R., Nordman C.J., and Roubaud F. (2009). Allocation of Labor in Urban West Africa: Insights from the Pattern of Labor Supply and Skill Premiums. Review of Development Economics, forthcoming.
• Fafchamps, M., and F. Gubert (2007). The Formation of Risk-Sharing Networks. Journal of Development Economics, 83(2): 326-350.
• Fafchamps, M., and F. Gubert (2007). Risk Sharing and Network Formation. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 97(2).
• Fafchamps, M., and F. Gubert (2007). Contingent Loan Repayment in the Philippines. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 55(4).
• Grimm, M. and I. Günther (2006). Inter- and intra-household linkages between the informal and formal sector. A case study for urban Burkina Faso. In B. Guha-Khasnobis and R. Kanbur (Eds.), Informal Labor Markets and Development (pp. 155-179), London: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Herrera, J., M. Razafindrakoto, F. Roubaud (2008), Measuring the Informal Sector: the Latin American Experience, Statistical Scientific Information Review. Special Issue: 59-72.
• Herrera, J., and F. Roubaud (2007). Urban poverty dynamics in Peru and Madagascar, International Planning Studies, 75 (1): 70-95.
• Knorringa, P., and I. van Staveren (Eds.) (2008). Beyond Social Capital: A Critical Approach. London and New York: Routledge, 144 pp.
• Knorringa, P., and J. Meyer-Stamer (2008). Local Development, Global Value Chains and Latecomer Development. In J. Haar and J. Meyer-Stamer (Eds.), Small Firms, Global markets. Competitive Challenges in the New Economy (pp. 18-37). Basingstoke & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Knorringa, P., and I. van Staveren (2007). Beyond Social Capital: A Critical Approach, Review of Social Economy, LXV, 1: 1-10.
• Knorringa, P., and I. van Staveren (2007). Unpacking Social Capital in Economic Development: How Social Relations Matter. Review of Social Economy, LXV, 1: 107-135.
• Knorringa, P., and L. Pegler (2006). Globalisation, Firm Upgrading and Impacts on Labour. TESG, Journal for Social and Economic Geography, 97 (5): 470-479.
• Koriko, O. and C. Torelli (2005), La consommation et le rôle du secteur informel dans la satisfaction des besoins des ménages, enquête 1-2-3, phase 3. Statéco, 99: 89-110.
• Kuepie, M., C.J. Nordman and F. Roubaud (2009). Education and Earnings in Urban West Africa. Journal of Comparative Economics.
• Lavallée, E. (2007). Corruption, concurrence et développement. Une analyse économétrique à l’échelle des entreprises. European Journal of Development Research, 19 (2): 274-304.
• Lavallée E. and Roubaud F. (2009). Corruption and the informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa. In Global Corruption Report 2009 Corruption and the private sector, Zinnbauer D., Dobson R. and Despota K. (eds), Cambridge University Press, pp. 412-416.
• Lay, J., G. Michuki M'Mukaria and T. Omar Mahmoud (2008). Few Opportunities, Much Desperation: The Dichotomy of Non-agricultural Activities and Inequality in Western Kenya. World Development, 36 (12): 2713-2732.
• Nordman, C.J., and F. Roubaud (2009). Reassessing the Gender Wage Gap in Madagascar: Does Labor Force Attachment Really Matter? Economic Development and Cultural Change, 57 (4), forthcoming.
• Roubaud, F. (forthcoming). Mixed surveys using the modular approach. In ILO, Manual on Surveys of Informal Employment and Informal Sector, Chapter 7, Geneva.
• Taylor, L., and R. van der Hoeven (2002). Employment and Labour Market Policies in an era of Structural Adjustment. In C Kirkpatrick et al. (Eds.), Hand Book on Development Policy and Management. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar.
• Taylor, L., and R. van der Hoeven (2000). Introduction: Structural Adjustment, Labour Markets and Employment: Some considerations for Sensible people. Journal of Development Studies, 36 (4).
• Vescovo A., Bocquier P., Torelli C. (2008). Mesure du secteur informel : sensibilité aux données manquantes et validation d’une imputation probabiliste. Stateco, 102: 21-45.