Rural Children's Migration and the Urban Informal sector in AddisAbaba

ISBN-13: 9783639208597 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 160 str.

Girmachew Zewdu

Opis

This book made an essential point of departure in showing the link between childrens migration, the urban informal sector and the livelihood dynamics of rural households. In a clear and succinct style, it presents the causes, patterns and processes of rural childrens migration to Addis Ababa and shows how migration exacerbates the problem of streetism in the city. It also provides a sound foundation leading to a richer understanding of how migrants manage to earn a living in the fluid informal sector and cope with the dynamic urban street life. The study explores the type, nature and importance of informal social networks established between migrants and other segments of the urbanities. In addition, it reflects on how migrants negotiate and contest on the way of appropriating the public space and handling complicated social interactions. The book obtained much of the knowledge firsthand from childrens life experience and illustrates those ideas by adopting case stories that are characterized by an every day life perspective binding in time-space constitutive.

O autorze

Girmachew Adugna received his MPhil degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway and obtained another Masters from Addis Ababa University.He has been involved in teaching and research in Addis Ababa University, University of Gondar and Unity University. And,is presently working for an NGO -Children Aid Ethiopia.