Routes, places et stratégies du « business » transnational entre Casablanca (Maroc), Nouakchott (Mauritanie) et Dakar (Sénégal)

This article analyses the dynamics of economic, social, and political linkages on a West African axis between Morocco, Mauritania, and Senegal, focusing on the commercial sphere and its modalities (commercial spaces, transportation of goods, actors). This article analyses the dynamics of economic, s...

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Main Authors: Anne Bouhali, Nora Mareï
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Language:English
Published: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes 2022-11-01
Series:L'Espace Politique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/10648
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Routes, places et stratégies du « business » transnational entre Casablanca (Maroc), Nouakchott (Mauritanie) et Dakar (Sénégal)
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political geography
transnational trade
intra-African mobilities
regionalization from below
trans-Saharan road
actors’ strategies
title Routes, places et stratégies du « business » transnational entre Casablanca (Maroc), Nouakchott (Mauritanie) et Dakar (Sénégal)
title_full Routes, places et stratégies du « business » transnational entre Casablanca (Maroc), Nouakchott (Mauritanie) et Dakar (Sénégal)
title_fullStr Routes, places et stratégies du « business » transnational entre Casablanca (Maroc), Nouakchott (Mauritanie) et Dakar (Sénégal)
title_full_unstemmed Routes, places et stratégies du « business » transnational entre Casablanca (Maroc), Nouakchott (Mauritanie) et Dakar (Sénégal)
title_short Routes, places et stratégies du « business » transnational entre Casablanca (Maroc), Nouakchott (Mauritanie) et Dakar (Sénégal)
title_sort routes places et strategies du business transnational entre casablanca maroc nouakchott mauritanie et dakar senegal
topic political geography
transnational trade
intra-African mobilities
regionalization from below
trans-Saharan road
actors’ strategies
url https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/10648
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