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

Janet MacGaffey

University of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated, Nov 1, 1991 - Social Science - 192 pages

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, whose activities, often illegal, take place outside the official economy.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Real Economy of Zaire: The Contribution of Smuggling and Other Unofficial Activities to National Wealth
• Author: Janet MacGaffey
• Contributors: Vwakyanakazi Mukohya, Makwala ma Mavambu ye Beda, Brooke Gundfest Schoepf, Rukarangira wa Nkera, Walu Engundu
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated, 1991
• ISBN: 0812213653, 9780812213652
• Length: 192 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economics / General; Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations; Social Science / Anthropology / General