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...
Main Authors: | Gulyani, Sumila, Talukdar, Debabrata |
---|---|
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
Published: |
2012
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5808 |
Similar Items
-
Miss-targeted or Miss-measured?
by: Ravallion, Martin
Published: (2012) -
Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal
by: Lokshin, Michael, et al.
Published: (2012) -
The Living Conditions Diamond: An Analytical and Theoretical Framework for Understanding Slums
by: Gulyani, Sumila, et al.
Published: (2012) -
Dignity through Discourse : Poverty and the Culture of Deliberation in Indian Village Democracies
by: Rao, Vijayendra, et al.
Published: (2012) -
Should the Randomistas Rule?
by: Ravallion, Martin
Published: (2012)