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dc.contributor.authorPiper, Laurence
dc.contributor.authorCharman, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorPetersen, Leif
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-04T12:09:12Z
dc.date.available2021-02-04T12:09:12Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationPiper, L. et al. (2019). Informality disallowed: State restrictions on informal traders and micro-enterprises in Browns farm, Cape Town, South Africa. Pan-African University Press: Austinen_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1943533404
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5840
dc.description.abstractThis chapter examines the impact of regulations and law enforcement on the economic activities of informal traders and micro-entrepreneurs in marginalised communities on the urban periphery. Our case site is Browns Farm, Philippi, a township in the City of Cape Town, South Africa, where a micro-enterprise census and business operator survey was conducted in 2011 (Charman et al, 2015). The chapter argues that despite the signi¿cant number of informal businesses in South African townships, the state continues to pursue efforts that either prevent formalisation or circumscribe informal activities. At the heart of our argument is the assertion that the informal economic practices of the urban poor constitute a ‘lived economy’ whoseen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPan-African University Pressen_US
dc.subjectInformal tradersen_US
dc.subjectState restrictionsen_US
dc.subjectBrowns farmen_US
dc.subjectMicro-enterprisesen_US
dc.subjectEconomic activitiesen_US
dc.titleInformality disallowed: State restrictions on informal traders and micro-enterprises in Browns farm, Cape Town, South Africaen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US


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