Informality as a strategy to formalize: Finding housing in Bamako, Mali

Informality can be a gateway to formality. The growing urban population of Bamako believed that peri-urban land not yet deeded offered potential for future ownership. Village chiefs collaborated with them to allocate plots, sometimes mimicking formal procedures, believing it improved prospects for s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dolores Koenig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Cagliari 2017-12-01
Series:Anuac
Online Access:https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/anuac/article/view/3071