Innovation oder Marginalisierung? Eigeninitiativen zur Arbeitsbeschaffung im informellen Sektor als Überlebensstrategien in afrikanischen Metropolen - am Beispiel Dakar (Senegal)

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

Sigrid Awart, Claudia Hüttner, Mame Ngone Mbodj, Khadidatiou Toure

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    Abstract

    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.
    Translated title of the contributionInnovation or Marginalization? The Informal Sector in African Metropolises: The Case of Dakar/Senegal
    Original languageGerman (Austria)
    Place of PublicationLinz
    PublisherInterdisziplinäres Forschungsinstitut für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
    Number of pages175
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2000

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