Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade in Maputo, Mozambique

Raimundo, Inês; Chikanda, Abel

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“…How come over 70 years of independence, Africa cannot feed herself (Barnett & Blaikie, 1992;Patterson & Cole, 2006). Currently as a result of draught, the Ethiopians are unable to feed themselves (Little et al, 2006;Pankhurst & Johnson, 2019), there is talk about the South Sudanese inability to feed themselves (Tappis et al, 2013), the Central African republicans cannot feed themselves (Lombard, 2016), the Nigerians cannot produce enough tomatoes (Faromiki, 2019), the Kenyans cannot produce enough maize (Short et al, 2019), the Malawians are grouting with drought (Syroka & Nucifora, 2010), the same story as the Mozambique, Ghana, and many other African countries (Banson et al, 2020;Braun, 2020;Raimundo & Pendleton, 2016).…”

Section: The Need For Systems Thinking Approach To Make Africa Great ...mentioning

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Systemic diagrams to Overcome Setbacks in African Socio-Economic Development

Banson,

Nguyen,

Kusi

2023

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Governance inevitably impacts world economy with high socio-economic costs. In the early days after Africans independence there were regional development plans which helped Africa to record high economic growth of 6–7%. However, Africa has never been left to rest after independence, it has been subjugated by the so call advocators which are in control of it resources which in turn influence its socio-economic development. Any time problems of Africans are diagnosed and antidote is administered, a new wound appears. Therefore this paper adopts systemic approach to intervention to identify the setbacks in African socio-economic development. The combination of historic data obtained from some African countries, interviews in Ghana and the literature review regarding the use of the four levels of thinking model provided an overview of the current structures that affect African developing system riddled with feedback loops. Results indicated that aid in reality is not coming to Africa but from Africa to the western world. Developed rich countries donations of 0.7% of their gross national income to support African socio-economic development has not yielded it intended benefits yet since the 70s. Africans are globalized in the contest of opening their markets, under an unjust trade rules leading to the collapse of domestic industries which in turn keeps Africans dependent on imports. This leads to monies being repatriated out of African economies leaving it poorer. African countries have the highest tax rates in the world in order to generate money to pay their loans making it impossible to build roads, factories, hospitals etc in this countries. The world is bothered by Africa when they want to take resources out of Africa. The time is now to wake up and to begin to find African solutions to African problems. Systems thinking to intervention can Africa realized all unintended consequences of her decisions and help it find new ways to improve efficiency and resource economy.

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Systemic diagrams to Overcome Setbacks in African Socio-Economic Development

Banson,

Nguyen,

Kusi

2023

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“…Todos estos productos se adquieren tanto en tiendas establecidas como en centros comerciales informales que venden productos extranjeros, sobre todo chinos, como el China Mall. Los principales puntos de abastecimiento son Johannesburgo y Pretoria, aunque existen otras zonas donde los comerciantes adquieren sus mercancías (Raimundo y Chikanda, 2016). Los mozambiqueños, por ejemplo, con frecuencia compran en pueblos cercanos a la frontera entre Mozambique y Sudáfrica, como Nelspruit o Malelane, e incluso en Swazilandia.…”

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“…La continua discrepancia que se presenta en las fronteras entre los particulares y el Estado se refleja en otro ámbito: los comerciantes han reportado casos de abusos verbales por parte de la policía, el ejército y los oficiales fronterizos. Incluso, algunos afirmaron haber sido víctimas de violencia física en ambos lados de la frontera (Raimundo y Chikanda, 2016).…”

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La construcción de fronteras como un proceso bidireccional. El caso de Sudáfrica

Cristiani¹,

Navarrete²

2018

OPE

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Tradicionalmente, las fronteras se conciben como “líneas en el mapa”, elementos geográficos que delimitan a los Estados de manera más o menos clara y estable. En esta lógica, se considera que las fronteras separan las identidades sociales y acotan la actividad de los actores involucrados, en un proceso vertical que va de arriba (el Estado) hacia abajo (la población). Sin embargo, un examen más cuidadoso revela que esta concepción es insuficiente para entender la dinámica del mundo actual. En los últimos años se ha extendido la percepción de las fronteras como elementos que se construyen a partir de prácticas sociales más amplias, que no solo estarán determinadas por el Estado, sino que involucran a múltiples actores sociales a través de diversas formas. El artículo explora esta concepción de las fronteras como elementos en continua construcción en un proceso bidireccional, tomando como punto de referencia el caso de Sudáfrica.

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“…The limited accessibility of these resources has also coincided with shocks to household income sources (SDG 8) and food security (SDG 2). A 2008 household survey found that only 43% of surveyed households had access to full-time employment, with most household income stemming from informal or casual sources [32]. Raimundo et al [32], found that just under a third of surveyed households in Maputo were food secure.…”

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Linking Food and Resource Access to Medical Care Access in Maputo, Mozambique

McCordic¹,

Frayne²,

Sunu³

2021

Sustainability

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Background: Rapid urbanization coupled with evolving threats from both communicable and non-communicable diseases underscore the vulnerability of urban healthcare systems. Building resilient healthcare systems and increasing access to socioeconomic resources is key for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). The city of Maputo (Mozambique) provides a helpful case study for the analysis of this situation. Methods: This investigation analyzes household survey data to determine the predictors of consistent household medical care access (SDG 3) in Maputo. Using those identified predictors, the study identifies key segments of households in Maputo that are vulnerable to disease given their inconsistent access to medical care. Results: The results indicate that households with inconsistent medical care access (SDG 3) also suffer from severe food insecurity (SDG 2) and inconsistent access to a cash income (SDG 8), water (SDG 6), and electricity (SDG 7). Conclusions: This study identifies challenges to the achievement of SDG 3 in Maputo, where households that are likely to need medical care under the strain of impoverished living conditions are also the least likely to have consistent access to needed medical care.

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Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade in Maputo, Mozambique

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Systemic diagrams to Overcome Setbacks in African Socio-Economic Development

Systemic diagrams to Overcome Setbacks in African Socio-Economic Development

La construcción de fronteras como un proceso bidireccional. El caso de Sudáfrica

Linking Food and Resource Access to Medical Care Access in Maputo, Mozambique

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