| dc.creator | Macharia, Kinuthia | |
| dc.date | 2011-08-18T15:19:56Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-08-18T15:19:56Z | |
| dc.date | 1993 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-04T16:36:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-04T16:36:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 04-01-13 | |
| dc.identifier | Macharia, Kinuthia (1993), The informal African city and the development of Jua Kali associations: whither way?, Working paper no. 492, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/1108 | |
| dc.identifier | 322576 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/7544 | |
| dc.description | This paper analyses the concept of Informality using the
case of the Third World City or what has been referred to in the
paper as the "African City" so as to bring this concept closer to
home by using local examples wherever possible. The paper
attempts to discuss the "informal city" with the hope of coming
up with a new analytical framework of the African city and its
many social, political and economic structures and processes.
The various informal structures in the "African city" are
discussed with more emphasis being given to the informal economy,
or Jua Kali as it has come to be commonly known in Kenya.
The recent rise of Jua Kali Associations in Kenyan towns is
analyzed with the view of understanding whether the formal
introduction of these Associations, both local and national is
promoting or killing the spirit of entrepreneurship that has been
the engine behind the success of the Jua Kali sector in the
country. The paper argues that the Jua Kali operators had all
through been organising themselves informally in the informal
city or town that they operate from and do not need the
formalized Associations which to date are seen by the Jua Kali
operators as an extension of the newly-found government's
interest in the sector through the Ministry of Research,
Technical Training and Technology. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Working papers;492 | |
| 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.title | The informal African city and the development of Jua Kali associations: whither way? | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
