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Shadow economies all over the world : new estimates for 162 countries from 1999 to 2007 (English)

This paper presents estimations of the shadow economies for 162 countries, including developing, Eastern European, Central Asian, and high-income countries over the period 1999 to 2006/2007. According to the estimations, the weighted average size of the shadow economy (as a percentage of "official" gross domestic product) in Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.4 percent; in Europe and Central Asia (mostly transition countries), it is 36.5 percent, and in high-income...
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Schneider,Friedrich; Buehn, Andreas; Montenegro,Claudio E..

Shadow economies all over the world : new estimates for 162 countries from 1999 to 2007 (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5356 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/311991468037132740

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