Innovation or Marginalization? The Informal Sector in African Metropolises: The Case of Dakar/Senegal

  • Awart, Sigrid (Researcher)
  • Jussel, Richard (PI)

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    Description

    An analysis of the informal sector as a survival strategy in African cities. Field research, case studies, and a quantitative survey conducted in Dakar describe life in urban poverty and the importance of ethnic structures for the economy of the informal sector. Fundamental questions of a possible development political intervention are discussed as well.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date01.02.199931.01.2000

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    Fields of science

    • 504 Sociology
    • 509 Other Social Sciences