The African economic landscape’s dominant feature – an informal sector comprising microenterprises, household production, and unofficial activities – is absorbing the growing urban labor force and acting as a social safety net. But the evidence suggests that it cannot provide the missing productive dynamism.
非洲经济图景的主要特征——由微型企业、家庭生产和非官方活动组成的非正式部门在吸收日益增长的城市劳动力并充当社会安全网。但证据表明非正式部门无法带来缺失的生产活力。研究表明，极少有微型企业可以通过成长超越非正式性质，正如大部分成功企业并非从小型非正式企业起步。