Lavallée E. auteur aut IRD Roubaud François auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Using a unique dataset, this paper analyses the causes and impacts of bribery in the informal sector in West Africa. It investigates the determinants of the incidence of bribery and the magnitude of the bribes actually paid. Our results show that the mechanisms at play are no different than those found for the formal sector by other authors. With respect to the impacts of corruption on a firm’s performance, our findings show that experience of corruption increases business performance, but that this effect is driven by just one category of informal firm: constrained gazelles. specialized SYSTEME ECONOMIQUE SECTEUR INFORMEL CORRUPTION ENTREPRISE ANALYSE DE DONNEES AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST BENIN BURKINA FASO COTE D'IVOIRE MALI NIGER SENEGAL TOGO 095DEVEL 096ECOPAR 55 6 1067-1080 2019 0022-0388 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010071516 10.1080/00220388.2018.1438597 0022-0388 [F B010071516] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010071516 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/depot/2019-05-13/010071516.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2018-03-21 2025-02-24 fdi:010071516 fre