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020			_a9781928331797
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050		4	_aHD2346.K42 _bK56 2019
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100	1		_aKinyanjui, Mary Njeri, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAfrican Markets and the Utu-Ubuntu Business Model _bA Perspective on Economic Informality in Nairobi / _cMary Njeri Kinyanjui.
264		1	_bProject Muse,
264		3	_bProject MUSE,
300			_a1 online resource (xiv, 185 pages) : _billustrations, maps
500			_aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 176-184).
505	0		_aTraders and artisans in global economic thinking -- Urban planning and economic informality in Nairobi -- Urban theory and the 'African metropolis' -- The indigenisation of Nairobi -- The 'African metropolis' in Nairobi -- The utu-ubuntu business model -- Utu-ubuntu nests, bonds and associations -- Towards the formation of autonomous communities -- Cultural villages.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aThe persistence of indigenous African markets in the context of a hostile or neglectful business and policy environment makes them worthy of analysis. An investigation of Afrocentric business ethics is long overdue. Attempting to understand the actions and efforts of informal traders and artisans from their own points of view, and analysing how they organise and get by, allows for viable approaches to be identified to integrate them into global urban models and cultures. Using the utu-ubuntu model to understand the activities of traders and artisans in Nairobi's markets, this book explores how, despite being consistently excluded and disadvantaged, they shape urban spaces in and around the city, and contribute to its development as a whole. With immense resilience, and without discarding their own socio-cultural or economic values, informal traders and artisans have created a territorial complex that can be described as the African metropolis. African Markets and the Utu-buntu Business Model sheds light on the ethics and values that underpin the work of traders and artisans in Nairobi, as well as their resilience and positive impact on urbanisation. This book makes an important contribution to the discourse on urban economics and planning in African cities.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aInformal sector (Economics) _zKenya _zNairobi.
651		0	_aKenya _xEconomic conditions.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse _edistributor.
776	1	8	_iPrint version: _z9781928331780
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/65796/
999			_c25617 _d25617