The reinvention of the market from below: the end of the women&apos;s money changing monopoly in Kinshasa

De Herdt, Tom; Marysse, Stefaan

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Review of African Political Economy

Volume 26, Issue 80

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The reinvention of the market from below: the end of the women's money changing monopoly in Kinshasa

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Author(s): Tom De Herdt ^a , Stefaan Marysse ^a

Publication date (Print): June 1999

Journal: Review of African Political Economy

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Zaïre's transition to the Third Republic (1990–1997) was characterised by the decline of the national currency and the economy's partial dollarisation. This article describes the origins of the different types of cambistes(informal money exchange brokers). It argues that the evolution of the market of foreign currency is not only determined by changes in economic opportunities, but also by different kinds of social identity the cambisteshave adopted. More generally, insight is gained into the social re‐structuration of the market in an almost stateless society.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): crea20

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Title: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

ISSN (Print): 0305-6244

ISSN (Electronic): 1740-1720

Publication date (Print): June 1999

Volume: 26

Issue: 80

Pages: 239-253

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^a Centre for Development Studies UFSIA , Antwerp University

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Publisher ID: 8704381 Coden ID: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 26, No. 80, June 1999, pp. 239-253

DOI: 10.1080/03056249908704381

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Carron Loesje. . 1995. . stageverslag Zaïre . , UFSIA‐Faculty of Applied Economics. .
De Herdt Tom. . 1995. . Transcription des interviews, faites entre 19–29 mai 1995 et révision des hypothèses initiales . , (Working Paper). UFSIA‐Centre for Development Studies. .
Nana Ndana and Mungandji Iyenda. . 1995. . dépouillement des résultats de l'enquête sur le terrain . , Vol. 3 vols. , Kinshasa : : Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa. .
Ndongala Tadi. . 1994. . Désarticulation monétaire et vie économique: idées initiales et méthode de recherche . , (Working Paper). Antwerp : : UFSIA‐Centre for Development Studies. .

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[1] Carron Loesje. . 1995. . stageverslag Zaïre . , UFSIA‐Faculty of Applied Economics. .

[2] De Herdt Tom. . 1995. . Transcription des interviews, faites entre 19–29 mai 1995 et révision des hypothèses initiales . , (Working Paper). UFSIA‐Centre for Development Studies. .

[3] Nana Ndana and Mungandji Iyenda. . 1995. . dépouillement des résultats de l'enquête sur le terrain . , Vol. 3 vols. , Kinshasa : : Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa. .

[4] Ndongala Tadi. . 1994. . Désarticulation monétaire et vie économique: idées initiales et méthode de recherche . , (Working Paper). Antwerp : : UFSIA‐Centre for Development Studies. .