All posts in Nigeria
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Books & Book Chapters
The politics of vulnerability: Exit, voice and capture in three Nigerian informal manufacturing clusters
Abstract:This book chapter examines whether informal economic associations provide an effective mechanism for political voice. Moreover,...
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Journal Articles
Social Capital, Social Liabilities, and Political Capital: Social Networks and Informal Manufacturing in NigeriaAfrican Affairs
Abstract: This article addresses the question of why social networks have failed to promote economic development in Africa when they have...
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Journal Articles
Disempowerment from Below: Informal Enterprise Networks and the Limits of Political Voice in NigeriaOxford Development Studies
Abstract: Decentralized governance has enjoyed limited success in promoting popular livelihoods and political voice among informal actors....
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Research Reports
Informal Sector and Employment Generation in Nigeria: An Error Correction Model
Abstract: This paper examines the impact of informal sector on employment generation in Nigeria during the period 1970 to 2010 making use...
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Journal Articles
The dilemma of managing the challenges of street vending in public spaces: The case of Enugu City, Nigeria
Abstract: Urbanisation trend in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, is characterised by rapid urban population growth...
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Journal Articles
Home-Based Enterprises in Urban Space: Obligation for Strategic Planning?Berkeley Planning Journal
One major manifestation of rapid urbanization and underdevelopment is the re-emergence of informal sector activities. This trend includes...
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Urban Markets in Lagos, Nigeria
An emerging body of work on farmers markets and other traditional retail markets has recently come into focus among scholars concerned with...
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Audiovisual Materials
The Informal Economy Driving World Business
National Public Radio (NPR) interviews Robert Neuwirth, author of “Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy.” ...
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Toolkits and Guides
Our Story Our Struggle: Lagos Tailors
This booklet emerged out of discussions in a workshop with representatives of the National Union of Tailors, Lagos. The workshop was facilitated...
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Legal Instruments
Abuja Municipal Area Council By Law, 2002
This document contains the 2002 Abuja Municipal Area Council’s by-laws relating to the prohibition of street hawking, sanitation, restaurants...
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