Alexandria: The Daily Struggle of the “Ladies of the Sidewalk”
Mona Ali Allam 2022-09-21
These women have either migrated from the countryside or are from the city. Some were able to improve their economic...
In Sudan: Feminist Initiatives Block Subservience and Surrender
Shamael Elnoor 2022-07-19
These women collectively run an agricultural cooperative in the far ends of Sudan, and with the surplus produced after years...
Tunisia: “Geographies of Anger” and Fear for the Future
Fouad Ghorbali 2019-10-05
How does the authority control the "margin" through its mechanisms of repression and with the support of corrupted systems? The...
Algeria: Informal Economy and the Black Market of the Economic Decision-Making
Yassine Temlali 2019-09-11
The "secret economy" has acted as both an instant and dangerous solution, exploited by political regimes to mitigate the social...
The Bazaar Trade in Algeria’s Cities and Villages
Mohammad Marwani 2019-09-04
Many of the “disorganized” merchants rejected the attempts of the municipal officials to integrate them into the organized "trade centers"...
The "Sidi Boumendil" Popular Market in the Heart of Tunis
Amal El Makki 2019-09-04
It is a male-dominated space par excellence. The majority of the merchants in the market are men while most of...
Informal Economy in Egypt: A Problem of Governance or an Economic Crisis?
Ali Al-Raggal 2019-08-28
Exploring the dynamics of the correlation and interaction between informal economy and the general structures of the economy in Egypt,...
Informal Economy in Egypt: Realities of Marginalization and Illusions of Empowerment
Amro Adly 2019-08-21
The private sector in Egypt is the informal economy. It makes up most of the Gross Domestic Product (GPD) and...
The Roots and the Political Function of the Informal Economy in Morocco
Abdellatif Zerwal 2019-08-18
Thirty-five years of neoliberal policies have nurtured and sustained the "patterns of poor development” that Morocco has gotten to know...