The Real Economy of Zaire: The Contribution of Smuggling & Other Unofficial Activities to National Wealth

Janet MacGaffey

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991 - Business & Economics - 175 pages

How do people survive in an African country where the economy is a disaster? Janet MacGaffey examines the case of Zaire where, according to the published statistics, wages are at starvation level, production is declining, and the infrastructure is falling apart. The center is increasingly held by "system D," the second economy, the activities of which, often illegal, take place outside the official economy.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Real Economy of Zaire: The Contribution of Smuggling & Other Unofficial Activities to National Wealth
• Author: Janet MacGaffey
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991
• ISBN: 0812231406, 9780812231403
• Length: 175 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economics / General; History / Africa / Central; Political Science / Political Economy; Political Science / World / African; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Social Science / Anthropology / General