Infrastructure and Cluster Development

A Case Study of Handloom Weavers in Rural Ethiopia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20302374
AutoresXiaobo Zhang (0000-0003-0222-2515, International Food Policy Research Institute, autor correspondente), Lisa Moorman (International Food Policy Research Institute), Gezahegn Ayele (Ethiopian Public Health Institute)
Ano2011
Volume47
Fascículo12
Páginas1869-1886
Data de publicação2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Development Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-0388 • E-ISSN: 1743-9140
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00220388.2011.579112
OpenAlexW2005225135
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas18

Clustering is an important structure of production in the rural nonfarm sector. Based on a primary survey of rural handloom clusters in Ethiopia, this article examines the mechanism and performance of clustering. Given weak financial institutions, clustered producers and traders use trade credits to ease working capital constraints. Moreover, geographical clustering enables entrepreneurs with limited capital to enter the business through shared workspaces and fine division of labour. An improvement in infrastructure can further enhance firm performance in a cluster. In towns with electricity access, producers work longer hours by sharing lit workspaces at lower rental cost

Agriculture · Business · Capital (architecture) · Cluster (spacecraft) · Cluster analysis · Division of labour · Economic growth · Economics · Economies of agglomeration · Geography · Industrial organization · Market economy · Nonfarm payrolls · Production (economics) · Renting · Work (physics) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Working Capital and Financial Performance