Movilidades urbanas de los pobres en dos capitales de África subsahariana

Abstract

Since the eighties, economic crises affect most of the African countries. One of their consequences is the increasing number of poor people amongst the urban population. The poor generally have a limited access to personal modes of transport and having a low income they can hardly afford to pay the daily use of public transport. In this way the spatial segregation of the poor strengthens their economic and social segregation. The objective of this paper is the analysis of the daily mobility of the poor in two Western Africa capitals, Ouagadougou and Bamako. We use the data of two household surveys made in 1992 and 1993, respectively. Firstly, we identify several groups of poor by means of different socio-economic characteristics. Secondly, we analyse their daily mobility mainly in terms of number of trips, modal distribution and purpose of trips. Finally, we insist on the heterogeneity of the poor population and how the effects of urban transport improvements may vary depending on the category of poor.