Mombasa’s Missing Link: Marginalization or Mismanagement?

Carole Rakodi
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Carole Rakodi: University of Birmingham

Chapter 5 in African Urban Economies, 2006, pp 131-150 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Mombasa, Kenya’s second city, has a long urban history and considerable economic promise, but several sectors are at present characterized by stagnation or decline. Open unemployment has increased, real wages have fallen and over a third of the city’s population is living below the poverty line. This chapter aims to assess possible explanations for this lacklustre economic position. To guide the analysis, alternative explanations of the economic success of cities are briefly reviewed, followed by a schematic outline of Mombasa’s location and pre-independence history. The city’s contemporary structure and its labour market are then examined. Although Mombasa’s economy is diversified, various obstacles lie in the way of economic prosperity, as are detailed below.

Keywords: Social Capital; Central Government; Informal Sector; Central Bureau; Container Terminal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230523012_5

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