ASR FORUM: ENGAGING WITH AFRICAN INFORMAL ECONOMIES: SOCIAL INCLUSION OR ADVERSE INCORPORATION?

Instead of shrinking in the face of liberalization and globalization, informal economic activity has burgeoned across the developing world, particularly in Africa.1 According to the ILO (2002), sub-Saharan Africa is the most informalized region in the world, with 73 percent of the nonagricultural la...

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Published in:	African studies review 2013-12, Vol.56 (3), p.57-76
Main Authors:	Meagher, Kate, Lindell, Ilda
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Africa ASR FORUM: ENGAGING WITH AFRICAN INFORMAL ECONOMIES: SOCIAL INCLUSION OR ADVERSE INCORPORATION? Business models Collaboration Economic crisis Economic growth Globalization Human Geography Informal economy kulturgeografi social exclusion Structural adjustment
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Summary:	Instead of shrinking in the face of liberalization and globalization, informal economic activity has burgeoned across the developing world, particularly in Africa.1 According to the ILO (2002), sub-Saharan Africa is the most informalized region in the world, with 73 percent of the nonagricultural labor force working informally, rising to over 90 percent in parts of West Africa. Instead of withdrawing into subsistence activities, workers, traders, and small entrepreneurs have been tapping into value chains, insinuating themselves into urban service and housing provision, taking an active role in job creation, and hacking into the global economy through organized trading networks that reach as far as the United States and China (Meagher 2010; Neuwirth 2012; Hansen & Vaa 2004; Tostensen et al. 2001).
ISSN:	0002-0206 1555-2462 1555-2462