Estratégias de acumulação e crescimento entre os vendedores de material de constrção no mercado Xiquelene, cidade de Maputo, Moçambique

Abstract

This paper constitutes an analysis on accumulation and growth strategies among building material vendors in Xiqueelene market. The objective of the paper is to Understand and analyse the strategies used by building material vendors for accumulation and growth in the informal sector. From the literature consulted on the informal sector I have highlighted two perspectives, the legal perspective and the survival perspective. The legal perspective shows that the informal sector is composed unregulated competitive markets, and the survival perspective looks at the informal sector the informal sector as a survival strategy of the poor. Based on the ethnographic method combined with participant observation, this study shows that through the strategies activated by the vendors in Xiquelene market, they manage to accumulate and grow in the informal sector. The results of this research show that from the moment the vendors insert themselves into the Xiquelene market, they begin to trigger mechanisms to accumulate and achieve success in their business. The paper concludes that in the informal sector not only can we find poor, low income as the prospect of survival argues, but we also find individuals who have managed to accumulate, grow and expand their businesses. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)