Informal Enterprises in Kenya

Informal Enterprises in Kenya

This note draws from an emerging literature on firm informality as well as data collected on micro enterprises and informal firms as part of the World Bank’s enterprise survey initiative for Kenya. The purpose of the note is to assess the main cons...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	informal sector microenterprises firm productivity
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26580308/informal-enterprises-kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24973

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