Informality, Trade Policies and Smuggling in West Africa
In West Africa, recorded intra-regional trade is small but informal cross-border trade (ICBT) is pervasive, despite regional integration schemes intended to promote official trade. We argue that ICBT must be understood in light of two features of West African national boundaries: divergent economic...
Main Authors: | Benjamin, Nancy, Golub, Stephen, Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Taylor and Francis
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23523 |
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