Meeting the challenges of the handicraft industry in Africa

Evidence from Nairobi

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7744328
AutoresJohn Harris (0000-0002-4025-5775, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume24
Fascículo1
Páginas105-117
Data de publicação2014-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2014.867478
OpenAlexW2054795422
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas14

This article presents findings on observed productivity constraints of handicraft firms in Nairobi, Kenya. The goal is to help NGOs, intergovernmental organisations, and national governments in their efforts to foster local handicraft industries in Africa and beyond. One-hundred and two respondents were interviewed about their business, cost structure, hiring practices, and other intra-industry relationships. This article points out a number of practical problems hindering productivity and limiting livelihoods, including problematic labour practices, conditions of adverse selection, the context of proprietary information in small scale manufacturing, and the tendency of the industry toward hypercompetition

Agriculture · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Handicraft · Limiting · Livelihood · Productivity · Engineering · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Indian Economic and Social Development · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development