A mundane infrastructure of energy poverty: The informal trading of second-hand car batteries in Madagascar

This article examines the complex interconnected chains of large- and small-scale trade that sustain the supply of second-hand car batteries as a widespread traditional solution to energy poverty. It traces the routes of goods that support the circulation of batteries from international routes upstr...

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Authors: Cholez, Céline (Author) ; Trompette, Pascale 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. [2020]
In: Journal of material culture
Year: 2020, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 259-288
RelBib Classification:KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B Energy
B second-hand
B economic circuit
B mundane infrastructure
B informal
B Market
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