Algeria - Mali trade : the normality of informality : Commerce Algérie - Mali : la normalité de l’informalité (French)

This paper estimates the volume of informal trade between Algeria and Mali and analyzes its determinants and mechanisms, using a multi-pronged methodology. First, the authors discuss how subsidy policies and the legal framework create incentives for informal trade across the Sahara. Second, the authors provide evidence of the importance of informal trade, drawing on satellite images and surveys with informal traders in Mali and Algeria. The authors...
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  • Bensassi,Sami;
    Brockmeyer,Anne;
    Pellerin, Matthieu;
    Raballand,Gael J. R. F.;

  • 2015/03/22

  • Working Paper

  • 101137

  • 1

  • 1

  • Middle East and North Africa,

  • Middle East and North Africa,

  • 2015/11/24

  • Disclosed

  • Commerce Algérie - Mali : la normalité de l’informalité

  • informal money transfer system

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Bensassi,Sami; Brockmeyer,Anne; Pellerin, Matthieu; Raballand,Gael J. R. F..

Algeria - Mali trade : the normality of informality : Commerce Algérie - Mali : la normalité de l’informalité (French). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/202591468195569460

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