Urban self-employment in Senegal

Lubell H.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: The study, based on 1988 census data of Dakar's informal sector, focuses on self-employment. Lack of financial resources is dentified to be the most important obstacle to entry and growth ofurban microenterprises. In line with this analysis, a large number of programmes andprojects for increasing productivity and incomes amongst other, through enhancing access to credit are reviewed. Specifically, the success of a USAID project in Dakar providing credit to microenterprises at high interest rates under close monitoring of the locally-recruited staff is analysed. Finally, issues for macro policy and micro policy interventions are presented.

Keywords: self employment; informal economy; urban area; statistical table; travail indépendant; économie informelle; zone urbaine; tableau statistique; trabajo a cuenta propia; economía informal; zona urbana; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 P. pages
Date: 1990
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Published in Labour market analysis and employment planning, working paper series

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