Region: Nigeria

Informal Economies and Urban Governance in Nigeria: Popular Empowerment or Political Exclusion?African Studies Review

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The tangled web of associational life: Urban governance and the politics of popular livelihoods in Nigeria

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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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.” ...

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...