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Informal labour in the construction industry in Kenya : a case study of Nairobi

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  • Mitullah, Winnie V.
  • Njeri Wachira, Isabella.

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Presents findings of a study of construction workers in a low income settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Finds that workers are predominantly employed on a casual or temporary basis without contracts, and with unregulated terms and conditions of employment; workers have no protection from the law against dismissal and no social protection against sickness, old age or incapacity to work.

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  • Mitullah, Winnie V. & Njeri Wachira, Isabella., 2003. "Informal labour in the construction industry in Kenya : a case study of Nairobi," ILO Working Papers 994869303402676, International Labour Organization.
    • Handle: RePEc:ilo:ilowps:994869303402676
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    1. Lone Riisgaard & Nina Torm & Godbertha Kinyondo & Winnie Mitullah & Anne Kamau & Aloyce Gervas & Raphael Indimuli, 2024. "Challenging the formality bias: The organization of informal work, working relations, and collective agency in Kenya and Tanzania," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 42(1), January.
    2. Samwel Alananga Sanga & Justine Mselle, 2018. "Informal Construction Practices as Knowledge Incubators: A Conceptual Framework," Business and Economic Research, Macrothink Institute, vol. 8(1), pages 13-37, March.
    3. Jill Wells, 2007. "Informality in the construction sector in developing countries," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(1), pages 87-93.
    4. Nongiba Kheni & Andy Dainty & Alistair Gibb, 2008. "Health and safety management in developing countries: a study of construction SMEs in Ghana," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(11), pages 1159-1169.
    5. Titus Kivaa Mbiti & Nick Blismas & Ron Wakefield & Ric Lombardo, 2011. "System archetypes underlying the problematic behaviour of construction activity in Kenya," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 3-13.

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