Social and political dynamics of the informal economy in African cities: Nairobi and Harare
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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
1
THE THIRD WORLD CITY 1
Major Characteristics of Third World Cities 1
Primacy 2
Overcrowding 2
Unemployment and Underemployment 3
The Shanty Town/informal Settlement Phenomenon 5
Poor Transport and Communication Systems 6
Uncontrollable Traffic and Corrupted Police 7
Over urbanization 9
Review of Classical Theories of Cities and Their Relevance
for Third World Cities 11
Colonialism and Urbanization in Kenya 16
i
2
THE GENERAL ECONOMY OF KENYA AND ZIMBABWE:
THE CITIES OF NAIROBI AND HARARE 23
The Economic Structure of Nairobi 28
Structural Adjustment and its Effects on the Economy
of African Cities 28
The Informal Economy in Zimbabwe:
Case of Harare 30
The Growth of the Informal Economy in Zimbabwe—Harare . . 33
3
DEFINING THE INFORMAL SECTOR 35
The Informal Sector Defined 35
Methodology 41
Metal Artisans 44
Garment Makers 46
Women Food Sellers 47
Drum Sellers 47
4
THE JUA KALI SECTOR IN KENYA: ITS CONTRIBUTION
TO DEVELOPMENT
51
What Is Jua Kali? 51
Conceptional Definitions 54
Informal Sector 54
Jua Kali Sector 55
Sample Surveys on Jua Kali Development in Selected Towns .. 57
Size of the Informal Sector in Kenya 57
Composition of Women in the Informal Economy 61
Largest Concentration of Jua Kali in Kenya 63
Capital, Investment and Employment Capacity
in the Jua Kali Sector 64
Development and Organization of
the Jua Kali Sector 67
Evidence from the Field Data on
Jua Kali Associations 68
National Jua Kali Associations 72
Advantages of Associations (National and Local) 75
Disadvantages of Associations (National and Local) .... 75
ii
Conclusions and Implications 76
5
THE GROWTH OF THE INFORMAL ECONOMY: THE
STATE S SELECTIVE SUPPORT
79
The Origins of the Kenyan State 81
The Interaction Between the State and
the Informal Sector 84
State Support 87
State Harassment 87
The State and the Food Sellers 88
The State and the Metal Artisans 94
The Government s Move from a Passive to an Active Role
99
Government Efforts to Integrate the Informal Economy
into Mainstream Development Planning 101
6
THE INFORMALIZATION OF THE STATE: THE
UNWRITTEN BUREAUCRACY
105
Defining the Concept of Informality 107
The Informalization of the Kenyan State 109
Ruling Through an Inner Core 110
Delegations to the Head of State 112
Presidential Decrees 113
7
SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THE DYNAMISM OF THE
INFORMAL SECTOR 117
Ethnicity 117
Theoretical Perspectives 122
Research Findings 124
Analysis and Conclusions on Ethnic Dynamics 135
Friendship and Kinship as Important Social Resources
for the Informal Economy 138
How Different Social Contacts Helped Respondents .... 140
Analysis of Social Networks (Friendship and
Kinship) by Subsectors 144
iii
Conclusion 147
8
GENDER AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY 149
Subsectors Occupied by Women 150
Street Food Selling 151
Garment Making and Selling 152
Hairdressing 153
Beer Sellers 154
Women s Networks 154
The Disadvantaged Position of Women 157
9
SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND THE
ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY IN KENYA 161
Poverty and the Poor in Kenya 164
Why Are They Poor? 165
Where Are the Poor? 166
How Can the Poor Be Assisted to a Survival Level? .... 166
Some Facts about Poverty in Kenya 167
Urban Poverty in Kenya 170
UNDP and Government Involvement in
Small Enterprise Development Policy 171
Specific Role of the Small Enterprise in Poverty Alleviation
172
Benefactors of UNDP Intervention 174
Who Will Do What? 176
Conclusions and Recommendations 177
10
CONCLUSION AND POLICY RECOMMENPATIONS . 181
Appendix 189
References 201
Index 217
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