Comércio informal e ocupação da força de trabalho no Bairro da Malanga

Abstract

In developing countries, and particularly in Mozambique, recent years have seen the rapid growth of the informal sector of the economy. This is due, on the one hand, to the high growth of the labor force and, on the other, to the inability of the modern sector to absorb the available labor in the labor market. Thus, this sector, constitutes an important strategy for the survival of surplus labor, especially rural migrants and women who, due to socio-economic factors, are more exposed to unemployment and underemployment. The study that follows seeks to analyze this sector in Mozambique, which, due to its complexity, only analyzes a sub-sector, the informal commerce, in a neighborhood of the city of Maputo (Malanga). The study intends to evaluate the importance of informal commerce in the creation of employment and income for a large part of the city's population. It also seeks to find a coherent explanation of the factors that determine the emergence and geographical location of the main informal trade centers in the study area and in the city of Maputo. The structure of the paper consists of six chapters: the first chapter provides a general explanation of the importance of the topic, the essential objectives of the paper, and the assumptions that guide the research. The second chapter is reserved for methodological aspects, from the definition of the main concepts used in the work, explanation of the procedures and a brief analysis of the sources used. The third chapter presents the location and characterization (physical, geographical and socio-economic) of the study area, as well as the geographical distribution of the markets in Malanga district and Maputo city. The central question of the study is addressed in the fourth chapter. First, there is a discussion about the concept of informal sector and then a characterization of the informal traders in relation to the motivations for the practice of the activity, the type of products sold and their provenance and the distribution of traders according to age and gender. In the fifth chapter we present the conclusions and in the sixth, the bibliographical reference and annexes. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)