| dc.creator | Abuodha, Charles | |
| dc.date | 2011-08-23T15:34:44Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-08-23T15:34:44Z | |
| dc.date | 1992 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-04T16:38:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-04T16:38:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 04-01-13 | |
| dc.identifier | Abuodha, Charles (1992), Realising optimal growth in Kenya's informal manufacturing subsector through training and educational paths, Working paper no. 482, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/1117 | |
| dc.identifier | 104561 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/7553 | |
| dc.description | Education and training policy in Kenya has emphasised self-employment
as a remedy for unemployment. Currently self-employment
for the Kenyan majority is viewed as synonymous
with entrepreneurship in the informal sector (I.S.). This
paper examines the effects of education and training on the
informal-sector development and demonstrates the effects of
various combinations of education and training on firm
performance.
Two sets of data are utilised: one, comprising I.S.
entrepreneurs' returns to the Ministry of Technical Training
and Applied Technology and the other, a survey of informal firms
in Githiga area of Kiambu and Nairobi area.
The findings show that, with the exception of higher-education-
levels, there is no significant difference in firm
performance (measured by income), between those entrepreneurs
with no education or primary level only, and those with
secondary level education. Similarly no statistical difference
in performance emerged across training types. This could be
attributed partly to factors that affect firm performance, not
related to training, such as accessibility to informal or
formal sources of credit.
Technical training provides 'informals' with considerable
advantages over their counterparts in innovation, machine
acquisition, and general technical skills. These can be
translated into profits given more training to increased
accessibility to credit. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Working papers;482 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Education | |
| dc.subject | Work and Labour | |
| dc.title | Realising optimal growth in Kenya's informal manufacturing subsector through training and educational paths | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
