Keywords
USA-Mexico borderline
Prepared food
Non formal economy
Services Supply
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Abstract
This article examines a component of the urban border economy which reflects the contradictions of a model of regional development based predominantly on the maquila industry. This component consist of 39 micro - businesses selling prepared food to workers of maquila companies located in two industrial parks in the city of Nogales, Sonora. On the one hand, these micro ? businesses are completely integrated to the most modern and dynamic sector of the border economy yet, on the other hand, p resent the traditional characteristics of subsistence economic activities. The central argument is that in sociourbanistic contexts as the prevailing in Mexican border towns, rapid industrialization is not only compatible with the activities analyzed in this article, but needs of them to subsist. As a result, a round the maquila industry emerge a group of informal services providers that contribute to a realiable and steady supply of labor force for the industry.
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