Adaptation and distress in the urban economy: A study of Kampala households

Bigsten, Arne; Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Steve

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“…But Ghana is hardly the only African country experiencing a massive proliferation of MML activities. In Uganda, the fall in the share of wages in incomes has led to diversification of income sources (Chew 1990;Bigsten and Kayizzi-Mugerwa 1992). As in the case of Ghana, the preferred activities of salaried employees include urban agriculture and trading.…”

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Urban impoverishment and multiple modes of livelihood in Ghana

Owusu¹

2001

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Many African countries experienced economic crisis in the 1970s and are currently restructuring their economies under the tutelage of the World Bank and the IMF. The restructuring process has had pervasive effects on the livelihood strategies of many people, as their established means of income generation have been disrupted. While survival of the urban poor has been studied, little is known of strategies of other social groups. Using Ghana as a case study, I argue that although urban poverty predates the implementation of structural adjustment program (SAP), the policies have created a favorable environment for the intensification of multiple livelihood strategies among of salaried employees. The paper finds that multiple livelihood strategies are practiced by a large number of salaried employees, but their involvement depends on many factors, including individual, family and household characteristics; access to capital and resources; opportunities offered by the urban economy; and the nature of formal employment. KeywordsEconomic reforms, African urban economies, multiple modes of livelihood Disciplines African Studies | Regional Economics | Urban, Community and Regional Planning | Urban Studies and Planning CommentsThis is the accepted version of the following article from

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Urban impoverishment and multiple modes of livelihood in Ghana

Owusu¹

2001

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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“…Many of those who were laid off resorted to setting up their own businesses, as a source of livelihood (Sejjaaka, 1996). However, many of these firms collapsed, and the few that survived remained informal (Bigsten and Kayizzi-Mugerwa, 1992;Nankunda, 1996). Though Uganda's macroeconomic performance since the SAP has improved, and Uganda now exhibits GDP growth rates of around 6 per cent, inflatiori, today, stands at more than 28 per cent, leading to escalating food prices, a weakening shilling and attendant civu unrest, with the business community calling for price controls and foreign exchange price fixing.…”

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Beyond necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship: motivations and aspirations of young entrepreneurs in Uganda

Langevang

Namatovu

Dawa

2012

International Development Planning Review

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“…In a study of Kampala, Bigsten and Kayizzi-Mugerwa (1992) showed that diversification into business has enabled many households to protect their income levels. For many in the urban informal sector, it has been the only means of ensuring a livelihood.…”

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Rural sector responses to economic crisis in Uganda

Bigsten

Kayizzi-Mugerwa

1995

J of Intl Development

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This paper, based on a survey of farm households in Uganda's Masaka district, analyses the impact of the country's economic decline on the rural sector. The economic crisis has reduced the flow of resources from the urban areas, in terms of both goods and services and remittances from urban‐based relatives. To preserve their livelihoods, rural dwellers have had to diversify their sources of income. Ability to do this is constrained not only by household characteristics, such as size, age and education of head and time endowment, but also by economic variables such as the existence of markets, size of land holding and credit availability. It is argued that to reincorporate peasants into the modern sector it is necessary to remove the barriers which prevent them from realizing a fair return on their production factors and assets.

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Adaptation and distress in the urban economy: A study of Kampala households

Cited by 38 publications

References 4 publications

Urban impoverishment and multiple modes of livelihood in Ghana

Urban impoverishment and multiple modes of livelihood in Ghana

Beyond necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship: motivations and aspirations of young entrepreneurs in Uganda

Rural sector responses to economic crisis in Uganda

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