Sociologies (Feb 2021)
La vente de crédits de communication au croisement du travail par défaut et de la débrouille exploitée
Abstract
The expansion of mobile telephony in Haiti at the beginning of the 21st century has provided a new category of work, the sale of communication credits, realize by thousands of agents, the majority of whom come from the poorest populations. There are no employment contracts between those workers and the mobile phone companies. Income is low and the associated risks are not covered by these companies. There is a wear and tear of the body noted more particularly among the itinerant sellers. This article is an analysis of this form of work which is an appropriation of the systemic resourcefulness under which the poorest populations of the Global South are found.
