Enforced informalisation: the case of liquor retailers in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorCharman, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorPetersen, Leif
dc.contributor.authorPiper, Laurence
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-07T20:32:35Z
dc.date.available2014-01-07T20:32:35Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractAfter a decade of unsuccessful efforts to migrate informal businesses to South Africa’s formal economy there remains little understanding of the dynamics in this sector, especially as regards micro-enterprises. International literature discusses ‘exit’ and ‘exclusion’, holding that poor law enforcement is the reason for the persistence and growth of the informal economy. Through examining the informal liquor retail (“shebeen”) sector, we demonstrate that enforcement actually produces informality in this sector. Illustrated with examples from one of our sites in Delft South, Cape Town, the article describes key aspects of shebeen business practice, including the responses to greater law enforcement. Notably, instead of closing shop or facing the hurdles of compliance, the great majority of shebeens continue to evade the law by downscaling their activities. This finding has implications, not just for liquor policy in South Africa, but for understanding both theories of formalisation and theories of the informal economy.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationCharman, A., Petersen, L. & Piper, L. (2013). Enforced informalisation: the case of liquor retailers in South Africa. Development Southern Africa, 30 (4–05): 580–595en_US
dc.identifier.issn0376-835X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/919
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsThis is the authors' post-print version of an article published by Taylor & Francis.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2013.817306
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectInformal economyen_US
dc.subjectRegulatory frameworken_US
dc.subjectUnlicensed liquor retailingen_US
dc.subjectExclusionen_US
dc.subjectLaw enforcementen_US
dc.titleEnforced informalisation: the case of liquor retailers in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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