Against all Odds: Coping with Regress in Kinshasa, Zaïre

Herdt, Tom De; Marysse, Stefaan

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“…We use data from a 1999 survey that covered four provinces in the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The survey took place at the end of a disastrous decade for the DRC, during which economic crisis, civil disorder, and then civil war were all prevalent (De Herdt and Marysse, 1997;De Herdt, 2000).…”

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School enrollment in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo: family economic well-being, gender, andplace of residence

Mabika

Shapiro

2012

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School enrollment in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo: family economic well-being, gender, andplace of residence

Mabika

Shapiro

2012

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“…People have coined the term dollarisation to designate this economic imperialism. Hyperinflation, the breakdown of political leadership, and of civil and health services as well as the school system have inevitably imposed an ambience of persistent crisis (De Herdt & Marysse 1997). Half of the estimated 350,000 regular jobs in the formal sector (de Maximy 1994: 208 ff., Pain 1984: 105 ff.)…”

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The Postcolonial Turn: Re-imagining anthropology and Africa

Turkon

2012

African Affairs

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“…This being said, we believe that the figure of 75 per cent conflates real variation and statistical artifice, caused by multiple methodological differences. Admittedly, we are not prepared to go along with the generally pessimistic view on the situation (De Herdt and Marysse, 1997; De Herdt, 2001; De Herdt and Tshimanga, 2006). However, if our barometer indicates a general increase in well‐being by 75 per cent, then surely we need to question the barometer itself.…”

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Political Transition in DRC: How Did Kinshasa Households Fare?*

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Marivoet²,

Marysse³

2008

African Development Review

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Officially announced on 24 April 1990, the political transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) would eventually culminate in presidential elections. By comparing the results of two household surveys, conducted in 1986 and 2004 respectively, we are able to trace the economic reflection of this process in the standard of living of the Kinois (the inhabitants of Congo's capital, Kinshasa). Although the exercise is fraught with methodological problems, it nevertheless generates some salient outcomes. First and foremost, the available evidence unanimously points to a slight increase in the general standard of living, thereby contradicting the official macro-data. Further, given an increase in inequality, it is well possible that the period of transition was experienced increasingly unequally by different population groups. Third, one of the most significant changes observed is that Kinshasa has become more closely connected with world (food) markets. Meanwhile, the level of education of the principal income earner remains one of the main predictors of the level of household consumption, even in a thoroughly informalized economy.

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Against all Odds: Coping with Regress in Kinshasa, Zaïre

Cited by 11 publications

References 5 publications

School enrollment in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo: family economic well-being, gender, andplace of residence

School enrollment in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo: family economic well-being, gender, andplace of residence

The Postcolonial Turn: Re-imagining anthropology and Africa

Political Transition in DRC: How Did Kinshasa Households Fare?*

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