THE BRAZIL-BOLIVIA BORDER AND THE SECOND-HAND CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

Authors

  • Tito Carlos Machado Oliveira niversidade Federal Mato Grosso do Sul
  • Fernanda Loureiro Ferreira Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v11i2.13337

Keywords:

Border, Informal Trade, Second-Hand Clothes

Abstract

The second-hand clothing trade started widely in Bolivia in 1994. This kind of trade usually involves popular globalization activities, whose practices are often identified by State agencies as illegal, although with natural popular acceptance. It is established within a complex system of networks, and takes advantage of distribution (stock and transfer) meshes and knots, with the consequent conformation of connected territorial circuits. This paper aims at analyzing the second-hand clothing trade in three locations: Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Puerto Quijarro (Bolivia), and Corumbá (Brazil). The purpose is to identify the route and the nuances regarding the second-hand clothing distribution network from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Corumbá, on the Bolivia-Brazil border.

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Author Biographies

Tito Carlos Machado Oliveira, niversidade Federal Mato Grosso do Sul

Geógrafo, Professor Titular aposentado da Universidade Federal Mato Grosso do Sul, atuando no Mestrado em Geografia e no Mestrado em Estudos Fronteiriços, Bolsista DCR-A (CNPq).

Fernanda Loureiro Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

Bacharel em Letras, Mestre em Estudos Fronteiriços (MEF/UFMS)

Published

2015-12-02

How to Cite

Oliveira, T. C. M., & Ferreira, F. L. (2015). THE BRAZIL-BOLIVIA BORDER AND THE SECOND-HAND CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION NETWORK. GeoTextos, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v11i2.13337