Author: Ebenezer Bandiola Martinez
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-92-16
Year: 1992
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1989
Examination Committee: A.T.M. Nurul Amin (Chairperson); Karl E. Weber, Yap Kioe Sheng (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Earlier sector’s role The sector’s poor and thestudies on the informal sector have identified the in the development process of developing countries . crucial role in absorbing the surplus labor / the unemployed labor force has received much attention in those studies . Available research findings are however limited on the nature and relationship of location, linkage and labor utilization among these enterprises. Information on this regard are almost nonΓÇöexistent with respect to the sector particularly in a nonΓÇömetropolitan city. In an attempt to overcome this gap in knowledge, this study makes an assessment of the nature and relationship of location, linkage and labor utilization by studying the informal sector in Davao City / a nonΓÇö metropolitan urban center. Data were obtained through a field survey covering 203 respondents from trade manufacturing service, construction and transport enterprises . Findings of the survey suggest prevalence of definite locational linkage and labor utilization patterns among informal sector enterprises. Trading activities tend to concentrate in commercial areas while manufacturing activities are mainly located in the subΓÇöurban industrializing area There are evidences suggesting a strong forward linkages with households and individuals belonging to the lowerΓÇöincome group. As to the nature of labor utilization, majority of the enterprises are run by family labor. Other findings include the vindication of the sector’s role in meeting the basic needs of the urban dwellers. Of particular significance is the role of trading and vending activities in providing a wide range of goods at lower cost. Despite this major contribution, the sector and, much more / its participants are overlooked and considered as leftΓÇöout segment of the urban economy. Their recognition t assistance growth and protection are given lower priority compared to the aesthetic and planning needs of the city. They become objects of harassment, eviction and other hostile actions.
Scholarship Donor(s): Canadian International Development Agency
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of Master of Science
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