Volume 23, Issue 4, July 2018, Pages 606–621
Jean Paul HABINAMWISHO LUSHEKE1
1 Docteur et Chef de Travaux à l’institut supérieur pédagogique de Kalehe, RD Congo
Original language: French
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The small business of fixed retail, at sight; itinerant or floating, reaches the open air, along the roads, at intersections and in various places in the city of Goma. It should be emphasized that in the DRC, the guarantor state of the nation, the welfare of the population has resigned from its responsibilities, leaving undefinable poverty throughout the country, while development as a process of self- improvement of the integral well-being of man requires the deformation of the content of this well-being in the form of state objectives. Faced with this blatant resignation of the State from its responsibilities and the ever-increasing misery, the population has been led to develop several survival strategies for the fight against poverty. One of the most remarkable of these days and without question is the practice of so-called informal activities. We wanted to investigate the causes of proliferation and the solutions of adequate formalization of street markets in the DRC in general and in the city of Goma, analyzing the motives which are pushing the merchants to work in the street markets on the one hand and their consequences on the socio-economic life of the users and the country. Our investigations show that mobility is due to proximity to customers, avoidance of taxes, low capital levels and the absence of organized markets in the surrounding area. The rapid turnover of goods, the permanence of the customers, the tax evasion and finally the proximity with the suppliers and the customers are all advantages that they find there. For commercial investment, commercial operators find that street economic activities are very beneficial because they contribute to creating employment, reducing unemployment, ensuring the survival of their households, and even absorb people unable to work in the formal. However, as far as the environmental consequences are concerned, waste is deposited in disorder in the useful and gutted environments and in sufficient quantities.
Author Keywords: informal market, trade, environment, informal sector, investment.
Jean Paul HABINAMWISHO LUSHEKE1
1 Docteur et Chef de Travaux à l’institut supérieur pédagogique de Kalehe, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2018 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The small business of fixed retail, at sight; itinerant or floating, reaches the open air, along the roads, at intersections and in various places in the city of Goma. It should be emphasized that in the DRC, the guarantor state of the nation, the welfare of the population has resigned from its responsibilities, leaving undefinable poverty throughout the country, while development as a process of self- improvement of the integral well-being of man requires the deformation of the content of this well-being in the form of state objectives. Faced with this blatant resignation of the State from its responsibilities and the ever-increasing misery, the population has been led to develop several survival strategies for the fight against poverty. One of the most remarkable of these days and without question is the practice of so-called informal activities. We wanted to investigate the causes of proliferation and the solutions of adequate formalization of street markets in the DRC in general and in the city of Goma, analyzing the motives which are pushing the merchants to work in the street markets on the one hand and their consequences on the socio-economic life of the users and the country. Our investigations show that mobility is due to proximity to customers, avoidance of taxes, low capital levels and the absence of organized markets in the surrounding area. The rapid turnover of goods, the permanence of the customers, the tax evasion and finally the proximity with the suppliers and the customers are all advantages that they find there. For commercial investment, commercial operators find that street economic activities are very beneficial because they contribute to creating employment, reducing unemployment, ensuring the survival of their households, and even absorb people unable to work in the formal. However, as far as the environmental consequences are concerned, waste is deposited in disorder in the useful and gutted environments and in sufficient quantities.
Author Keywords: informal market, trade, environment, informal sector, investment.
Abstract: (french)
Le petit commerce de détail fixe, à vue ; ambulant ou flottant gagnent le plein air, le long des axes routiers, aux carrefours et dans divers endroits de la ville de Goma. Il faut également souligner le fait qu'en R.D.C, l'Etat garant de la nation, du bien-être de la population a démissionné devant ses responsabilités, laissant régner à travers le pays, une pauvreté indéfinissable alors que le développement comme processus d'amélioration du bien-être intégral de l'homme exige la déformation du contenu de ce bien être sous forme d'objectifs étatiques. Devant cette démission flagrante de l'Etat de ses responsabilités et face à la misère qui ne cesse de prendre l'ampleur, la population a été amenée à développer plusieurs stratégies de survie pour la lutte contre la pauvreté. L'une de plus remarquables de nos jours et sans conteste, est la pratique des activités dites informelles. Nous avons voulu chercher les causes de prolifération et les solutions de formalisation adéquate des marchés de rue en RDC en général, et dans la ville de GOMA, en analysant les mobiles poussant les marchands d’œuvrer dans les marchés de rue d’une part et relever leurs conséquences sur la vie socio-économique des usagers et du pays. Nos investigations montrent que les mobiles s’expliquent par la proximité avec la clientèle, échappée au paiement d’impôts et taxes, le faible niveau du capital et l’absence des marchés organisés dans les environs. La rotation rapide des marchandises la permanence de la clientèle, l’évasion fiscale et enfin la proximité avec les fournisseurs et les clients sont autant d’avantages qu’ils y trouvent. Pour l’investissement dans ce genre de commerce, les opérateurs commerciaux trouvent que les activités économiques de la rue sont très bénéfiques, car elles contribuent à créer l’emploi, à réduire le chômage, à assurer la survie de leur ménages, et même à absorber les gens incapables de travailler dans le formel. Toutefois, en ce qui concerne les conséquences sur l’environnement, des déchets sont déposés en désordre dans les milieux utiles et rigoles et en quantités suffisantes.
Author Keywords: marché informel, commerce, environnement, secteur informel, investissement.
How to Cite this Article
Jean Paul HABINAMWISHO LUSHEKE, “LE COMMERCE DANS LES MARCHES DES RUES DE LA VILLE DE GOMA ET SES EXTERNALITES,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 606–621, July 2018.
