Presented to: International Workshop on the Musseque by Willy Piassa on October 8, 2013 in Luanda. The breadth of Angola’s “informal sector”—and its pervasive role in the lives of most Angolans—cannot be overstated. Throughout the urban musseques of peri-urban Luanda in which approximately 1 in 3 Angolans currently reside, essential services—such as water and food distribution—are provided mainly through private initiative in the informal sector. For most Angolans land has been obtained through informal mechanisms. UNDP reported that “Luanda has become the largest laboratory for survival strategies in the world.” Urban research and program implementation data on Luanda should inform the development of new and important urban policy planning and poverty reduction frameworks.
DW Angola
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