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A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?

By , , on August 26, 2014

Normative approaches to urban governance and planning and idealised visions of city space too often result in relocation or forced eviction of street traders and other informal economy workers from public space as a policy of choice. Often a response to a short-term political imperative, clearances take place with little understanding of the interconnected nature of the urban informal economy or widespread poverty impacts that result. As a result, street traders feel ostracised and often describe themselves as refugees.

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Brown, Alison, Msoka, Colman, and Dankoco, Ibrahima. A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?. , , . , 2014. Brown, A., Msoka, C., and Dankoco, I. (2014). A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?. , , . Brown, Alison, Msoka, Colman, and Dankoco, Ibrahima. "A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?." 2014, .Brown Alison, Msoka Colman, and Dankoco Ibrahima. "A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?." (2014). Brown, A, Msoka, C, and Dankoco, I 2014, 'A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?', , , . Alison Brown, Colman Msoka, and Ibrahima Dankoco, 'A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?' (2014). Brown A., Msoka C., and Dankoco I. A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?. . 2014. Brown, Alison, Msoka, Colman, and Dankoco, Ibrahima. A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?. . 2014. , .

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