A
fascinating and detailed look at the import of Japanese used cars to Maputo . In order to
support the local new car industry, Japan
imposes onerous inspections and high charges on cars over three years old, so
there is a big export of 3-year old cars to Africa .
Andrew Brooks follows the import of these cars by Pakistani families via Durban and through corrupt customs officials in Mozambique .
"Networks of power and corruption: the trade of Japanese used cars to Mozambique ",
by Andrew Brooks. The Geographical Journal, 178: 80–92. Academic
paper, but available free on http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2011.00410.x/full
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