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Chequered Fortunes in Global Exports: The Sociogenesis of African Entrepreneurship in the Nile Perch Business at Lake Victoria, Uganda

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  • Joost Beuving

    (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.)

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Cet article s’intéresse au secteur ougandais d'exportation de perche du Nil du lac Victoria. Souvent présentée comme un succès économique, cette industrie revêt peut-être d’autres facettes. Les pêcheurs, commerçants et autres petits entrepreneurs en amont du circuit d'exportation sont fréquemment confrontés à des difficultés financières parsemées de coups de chance occasionnels. Bien qu’il soit possible que ces hauts et bas soient liés aux incertitudes économiques, cette étude suggère plutôt qu'ils sont dus en premier lieu au caractère hautement individualiste des entrepreneurs. C'est la conséquence d’une prophétie autoréalisatrice des entrepreneurs qui craignent d'être dupés et qui sont ainsi amenés à percevoir les autres acteurs comme des adversaires opportunistes. Ce comportement ressemble a priori à celui de l'entrepreneur néoclassique, mais l'étude montre qu'il trouve ses origines et se reproduit dans des liens sociaux complexes. C'est pourquoi l'article affirme qu’un examen de la sociogenèse de l'entrepreneuriat peut aider à mieux comprendre l'émergence de grands marchés d'exportation en Afrique.

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  • Joost Beuving, 2013. "Chequered Fortunes in Global Exports: The Sociogenesis of African Entrepreneurship in the Nile Perch Business at Lake Victoria, Uganda," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 25(4), pages 501-517, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:eurjdr:v:25:y:2013:i:4:p:501-517
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    1. Veronica Mpomwenda & Tumi Tómasson & Jón Geir Pétursson & Anthony Taabu-Munyaho & Herbert Nakiyende & Daði Mar Kristófersson, 2022. "Adaptation Strategies to a Changing Resource Base: Case of the Gillnet Nile Perch Fishery on Lake Victoria in Uganda," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-20, February.
    2. Florian Diekert & Tillmann Eymess & Joseph Luomba & Israel Waichman, 2022. "The Creation of Social Norms under Weak Institutions," Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press, vol. 9(6), pages 1127-1160.
    3. Joost Beuving, 2015. "Spatial diversity in small-scale fishing: A socio-cultural interpretation of the Nile perch sector on Lake Victoria, Uganda," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 106(1), pages 1-16, February.
    4. Katharine Tröger & Margareta Amy Lelea & Brigitte Kaufmann, 2018. "The Fine Line between Trusting and Cheating: Exploring Relationships between Actors in Ugandan Pineapple Value Chains," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 30(5), pages 823-841, December.

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