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Crisis, Informalization, and the Urban Informal Sector in Sub-saharan AfricaDevelopment and Change

By on April 01, 1995

Abstract: Neo-liberal theories of informality have emphasized the potential of the informal sector for independent employment creation and growth. An alternative perspective is provided by the structuralist ‘informalization’ approach which regards the expansion of informal activity as part of the restructuring strategy of the formal sector in the face of economic recession. The informalization perspective challenges the traditional notions of the informal sector by focusing on such issues as differentiation, social networks, subcontracting and supply linkages with the formal sector, and the role of the state in informal sector expansion. Despite its First World and Latin American focus, the informalization approach offers important insights for the study of urban informal sectors in Africa.

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Meagher, Kate. Crisis, Informalization, and the Urban Informal Sector in Sub-saharan AfricaDevelopment and Change. , , . , 1995. Meagher, K. (1995). Crisis, Informalization, and the Urban Informal Sector in Sub-saharan AfricaDevelopment and Change. , , . Meagher, Kate. "Crisis, Informalization, and the Urban Informal Sector in Sub-saharan AfricaDevelopment and Change." 1995, .Meagher Kate. "Crisis, Informalization, and the Urban Informal Sector in Sub-saharan AfricaDevelopment and Change." (1995). Meagher, K 1995, 'Crisis, Informalization, and the Urban Informal Sector in Sub-saharan AfricaDevelopment and Change', , , . Kate Meagher, 'Crisis, Informalization, and the Urban Informal Sector in Sub-saharan AfricaDevelopment and Change' (1995). Meagher K. Crisis, Informalization, and the Urban Informal Sector in Sub-saharan AfricaDevelopment and Change. . 1995. Meagher, Kate. Crisis, Informalization, and the Urban Informal Sector in Sub-saharan AfricaDevelopment and Change. . 1995. , .

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