Report on the East and Southern African Regional Conference on the Informal Sector: Issues in Policy Reform and Programs. Held in Nairobi, Kenya on April 27-29, 1989

摘要

Proceedings from a conference concerned with informal sector policy reform and programs to support and advocate informal organizations are presented. Discussed are: legal reforms to facilitate informal sector growth; the effects of agricultural liberalization on the informal sector; credit mobilization; infrastructural support for informal sector activities; constraints on the sector; revolving loans; training and management; extension services for informal sector businesses; women's groups; and a campaign by Peru's Institute for Liberty and Democracy to title informal sector property. A final section presents summary statements from representatives of government, academia, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector.