Asr Forum
Engaging With African Informal Economies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2728586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kate Meagher (0000-0001-9859-0827, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 209-234 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/asr.2013.86 |
| OpenAlex | W2170443056 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article examines processes of economic inclusion in divided societies, with a focus on both religious and formal-informal divides. Drawing on recent fieldwork in the northern Nigerian cities of Kano and Kaduna, the article challenges the assumption that identity-based informal organization intensifies violent social divisions, and that taxation and linkages with the state foster more stable and inclusive governance. A range of informal sector activities provides insights into escalating religious conflict and uneven patterns of formal inclusion in interreligious relations. Attention is focused on the relative role of informal institutions and formal interventions such as taxation in diffusing or exacerbating conflict at the grassroots level
Business · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Financial inclusion · Financial services · Grassroots · Identity (music · Inclusion (mineral · Informal sector · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria · Religion, Society, and Development
Religious Informality
A bibliometric review of inclusive governance concept
Taxing Times
Co-production as an Alternative Planning Approach in the Cities of the South
Earning a living, but at what price? Being a motorcycle taxi driver in a Sub-Saharan African city
Norms, Networks, Power and Control
Informality and lead firm dominance in the sub-contracting chain
Leaving No One Behind
Counting the development costs of the conflict in North-Eastern Nigeria
Direct Taxation and State-Society Relations in Lagos, Nigeria
Masculinities, New Forms of Religion, and the Production of Social Order in Kaduna City, Nigeria
The Social Dynamics of Peaceful Christian-Muslim Relations in Nigeria
Norms, Power, and the Socially Embedded Realities of Market Taxation in Northern Ghana
Caravans of kola
African economic history
Globalization, Transborder Trade, and War Economies
Identity Economics
Global Governance and the New Wars
Horizontal inequalities and conflict
On Tax Efforts and Colonial Heritage in Africa
Saints & Politicians
Greed and grievance in civil war
Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict
Conflict, Conflict Resolution and Peace-Building
The ‘Paradox’ of Tuzla City
The Informalization of Belonging
Governance without Government in Somalia
Ethnic Conflict and Civil Society
State and non-state regulation in African protracted crises
Protection for Sale? War and the Transformation of Regulation on the Congo-Ugandan Border
Saints and Politicians
The Garrison-Entrepôt
Economic Change in Pre-Colonial Africa
An Economic History of West Africa
Fiscal Disobedience
| Citations per year | 1.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |