Rethinking In/formality in Public Transport Management: Dynamics between State Intervention and the Current Practices of <i>Tera Askebari</i> in Addis Ababa

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  • CHOI EUNJI
    Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University

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<p>Tera askebari are people who maintain order among minibus taxis and passengers at the minibus terminals in Addis Ababa. From 2011, tera askebari, who had been working informally for decades, started registering for a micro and small enterprises (MSEs) development program. However, affiliation with a government institution did not coerce tera askebari to comply with formality; rather, it enabled them to exhibit both formality and informality. This article aims to examine the dynamics of in/formality by observing the public transport management activities of tera askebari at terminal X. The findings of the study demonstrate that tera askeabri actively participate in the process of creating complex forms of informality. In a situation that MSEs program permitted tera askeabri to run their business autonomously, the legalized tera askebari (de jure) strategically utilized formality as well as informality through their operations. Meanwhile, the management activities of employed tera askebari (de facto) showed an informal aspect that was influenced by weak state control. The result illustrates that “informality” is not a static concept defined by particular characteristic, but a formulating process through which participants constantly negotiate and reproduce through their interactions with the formal configuration.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390569148830366976
  • NII論文ID
    130008023723
  • DOI
    10.11198/niloethiopian.26.a01
  • ISSN
    18811175
    1340329X
  • 本文言語コード
    en
  • データソース種別
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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