Zimbabwe's Riots - the Rise of the Informal Trader and a New Political Economy

THE protest by Zimbabweans against police road blocks and banned imports highlights a new political economy that is rising on the back of informalisation of the economy, writes Professor Ian Scoones of the University of Sussex:

The upheaval sweeping through Zimbabwe comes with a new economic and political reality - the informalisation of the country's economy. In Zimbabwe today, the informal sector is the economy.

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