| dc.creator | Allen, Hugh | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-14T10:49:36Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-14T10:49:36Z | |
| dc.date | 1977 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:58:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:58:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Allen, Hugh. (1977) The informal urban industrial sector and growth: some thoughts on a modern mythology. Discussion Paper 259, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/689 | |
| dc.identifier | 317277 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1955 | |
| dc.description | This paper attempts to examine the current view of the informal
sector, particularly as stated in the I.L.O. report, It suggests that the I.L.O.
view is optimistic in thinking that the informal sector can be made more
productive simply through organisational changes in its relationship to both
government and industry. It tries to examine the constraints that act on the
informal sector and concludes that it is limited in its ability to transcend
barriers to entry into the formal sector through lack of access to capital resources,
and is unable to gererate this capital from its own production surplus.
Two case studies are given, one of an informal motor repair workshop
and the other of a successful manufacturer of beds.
The paper concludes that these constraints disqualify the informal
sector from serious consideration as a dynamic growth point in the economy of
Kenya. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;259 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Economic Development | |
| dc.subject | Industrial Development | |
| dc.title | The informal urban industrial sector and growth: some thoughts on a modern mythology | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
