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Le microentrepreneuriat et l’accès à l’eau potable dans les quartiers précaires d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)

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  • Marcel Boyer
  • Hicham El Moussaoui
  • Valentin Petkantchin

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The aim of our research is to study the persistent challenges of water distribution in a context where supply relies on a network of microentrepreneurs (MEs), often poorly recognized and unprotected at institutional level, but playing an essential role in the well-being, if not the survival, of the target populations. Our analysis focuses on the specific case of microentrepreneurs - working partially or totally in the informal sector - in the precarious districts of Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). The central question could be formulated as follows: How can we improve the profitability of MEs by enabling them to move out of the informal sector? L’objet de notre recherche est d’étudier les défis persistants de la distribution d’eau dans un contexte où l’approvisionnement repose sur un réseau de microentrepreneurs (ME), souvent mal reconnus et non-protégés au niveau institutionnel, mais jouant un rôle essentiel au bien-être, voire à la survie des populations visées. Notre analyse porte sur le cas particulier des microentrepreneurs – travaillant partiellement ou totalement dans l’informel – dans les quartiers précaires d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). La question centrale pourrait être formulée ainsi : Comment améliorer la rentabilité des ME en leur permettant de sortir de l’informel?

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  • Marcel Boyer & Hicham El Moussaoui & Valentin Petkantchin, 2024. "Le microentrepreneuriat et l’accès à l’eau potable dans les quartiers précaires d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)," CIRANO Working Papers 2024s-05, CIRANO.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:cirwor:2024s-05
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    Keywords

    Microentrepreneurs; institutions; transaction costs; informal economy; water supply; profitability; formalization; Microentrepreneurs; institutions; coûts de transactions; économie informelle; approvisionnement en eau; rentabilité; formalisation;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
    • D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation
    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • E14 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Austrian; Evolutionary; Institutional
    • E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
    • H44 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Goods: Mixed Markets
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
    • P37 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Legal

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