کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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991950 | 935674 | 2010 | 17 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: Inside Informality: The Links Between Poverty, Microenterprises, and Living Conditions in Nairobi’s Slums Inside Informality: The Links Between Poverty, Microenterprises, and Living Conditions in Nairobi’s Slums](/preview/png/991950.png)
SummaryUsing households rather than enterprises as the analytical unit, this study of 1,755 households in Nairobi’s slums reveals that informal household microenterprises are indeed helping offset poverty. Microenterprises are helping households that are, a priori, more likely to be poor. Better microenterprise performance is associated with certain “business-related” factors, such as sales area, time in, and sector of operation. But “living conditions”—residential tenure and infrastructure access—also strongly influence both creation and success of microenterprises. Interventions that improve infrastructure and reduce tenure insecurity and rent-induced pressures to move may be crucial for incubating microenterprises and reinforcing their contribution to poverty alleviation in Nairobi’s slums.
Journal: World Development - Volume 38, Issue 12, December 2010, Pages 1710–1726