Inside Informality : The Links between Poverty, Microenterprises, and Living Conditions in Nairobi's Slums

Using 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 micro...

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Main Authors:	Gulyani, Sumila, Talukdar, Debabrata
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope L250 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230
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description	Using 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.
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title	Inside Informality : The Links between Poverty, Microenterprises, and Living Conditions in Nairobi's Slums
title_short	Inside Informality : The Links between Poverty, Microenterprises, and Living Conditions in Nairobi's Slums
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Inside Informality : The Links between Poverty, Microenterprises, and Living Conditions in Nairobi's Slums

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