Sector informal: caso dos latoeiros na Cidade de Maputo

Abstract

The present work analyzes the Informal Sector in Maputo City, particularly the metalworking sub-sector, with a view to knowing its importance, organization, functioning and evaluating the difficulties faced for its exercise and possible expansion and is organized in the following sections: Section one presents the content of the work, defines its object and the methodology used to collect the information that supported the analysis and conclusions made about the tin factory. Section two presents the historical framework of the theme, analyzing the reasons for the emergence of the informal sector, from industrialization in Africa, after independence, to the present time, giving particular emphasis to the emergence of the light metalworking industry in the City of Maputo, as a source of raw material and labor for the tin factory. Section three describes the bibliographical support and theoretical concepts on the basis of which research on the informal sector (specifically tinsmithery) was carried out, namely with regard to definition and characteristics, evolution of the concept, origin and difficulties faced. Section four deals specifically with the theme that is the object of the work and presents the results of the survey carried out with tinsmiths in 13 neighborhoods in the city of Maputo. As it is of interest to understand the matter, the prices of the main raw material (zinc sheet) in force in Maputo city at the time of the work are dealt with. This section also presents and characterizes each of the various financial institutions dedicated to providing support to small producers. Section five summarizes the main conclusions that can be drawn from the survey carried out, taking as a basis the theoretical assumptions that constituted the starting point for the investigation. Section six sets out some recommendations that are pertinent depending on the conclusions that the work led.