%0 Journal Article %T Economia Informal em Rede: trocas econ¨®micas e complexidade social Informal economy network: economic exchanges and social complexity %A Marzia Grassi %J Cadernos de Estudos Africanos %D 2012 %I Instituto Universit¨¢rio de Lisboa %R 10.4000/cea.491 %X Partindo das realidades emp¨ªricas de Cabo Verde e di¨¢sporas, este texto explora, at¨¦ certo ponto, as limita es heur¨ªsticas de certas no es sugeridas pela mainstream do modelo neoliberal da economia sobre o informal em ¨¢frica. O texto debru a-se sobre diferentes dimens es, espa os e protagonistas de pr¨¢ticas de economia informal em rede. As repercuss es identit¨¢rias das dinamicas destas redes entre os cabo-verdianos, apreendidas atrav¨¦s da observa o de certas formas de sociabilidade dos actores sociais considerados, s o igualmente exploradas. Based on the empirical realities of Cape Verde and some of its Diasporas, this article explores, to a certain extent, the heuristic limitations of certain notions suggested by the mainstream of the neoliberal economy model concerning the so called informal economy in Africa. The text deals with different dimensions, spaces and protagonists of practices of the informal economic networks. The identitarian repercussions of the dynamics of these networks among Capeverdians, apprehended through the observation of certain forms of socialibility of these social actors are also explored. %U http://cea.revues.org/491