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Self-Help Groups in Nairobi: Welfare Strategies or Alternative Work Organizations?

In: Alternative Work Organizations

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  • Martino Ghielmi

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Nairobi1 is one of the most unequal cities in the world. It has been described as ‘a paradox’ (Dafe, 2009: 5), ‘a city under constant de(re)composition’ (Katumanga, 2005: 518), and a place where ‘the North and the South live a few yards from each other’ (Floris, 2006: 19). Looking at Kenya’s capital through Google maps or other satellite reconnaissance gives us a clear idea of the city’s disparities. The western high ground – the old colonial settlements – consists of affluent residential estates of detached houses with green gardens, while the eastern side appears as a vast stretch of overcrowded shanty houses. The city has ‘about 60% of its population currently living in informal settlements but occupying only 5% of the residential area’ (Dafe, 2009: 16). Urban density varies enormously among the 360 inhabitants per square kilometre of Karen estate, and the 80,000 inhabitants of some parts of Kibera – a density comparable to cattle free lots (Davis, 2006: 95).

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  • Martino Ghielmi, 2012. "Self-Help Groups in Nairobi: Welfare Strategies or Alternative Work Organizations?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Maurizio Atzeni (ed.), Alternative Work Organizations, chapter 8, pages 179-203, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-02904-1_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137029041_8
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