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When it comes to HME policy, the paper argues that we need to take a "bottom up" approach and look at HMEs in a more differentiated way – not only by distinguishing HMEs from larger firms, but also from each other.
Read the full report (linked at the end) 👇
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BLOG | What is urban development? Reflections from Zimbabwe and Harare
“Urban development” is a term that is widely used but rarely unpacked. It often evokes images of new roads, housing estates and expanding city skylines.
A new ACRC working paper outlines key findings from the neighbourhood and district economic development domain research, which looked at HMEs in five African cities:
> Accra, Ghana
> Lagos, Nigeria
> Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
> Lilongwe, Malawi
> Harare, Zimbabwe
Yet, when viewed from the perspective of cities like Harare, urban development is far more complex, contested and dynamic than conventional definitions suggest.
NEW | Neighbourhood and district economic development: Domain report
80% of urban workers in sub-Saharan Africa are employed in the informal sector and the vast majority work in household microenterprises (HMEs).
In this blog post, Kudzai Chatiza reflects on what “urban” and “development” mean in practice, and how urban development is unfolding in Zimbabwe 👇
www.african-cities.org/what-is-urba...
