Contributions of Urban Informal Enterprises to the Economy of Ibadan, Nigeria

Contributions of Urban Informal Enterprises to the Economy of Ibadan, Nigeria

Abolade Olajoke

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Adeboyejo Thompson Aina

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Olamiju Ogini

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Against the backdrop and inability of formal sector to providing adequate employment to job seekers, the paper seeks to examine the role of urban informal enterprises as an alternative to job provision in Ibadan cosmopolitan region. It employed use of structured questionnaire to analyse the perception of residents and operators to contribution of UIEs on urban economy. Using systematic sampling technique, a total number of three thousand, four hundred and forty four (3444) questionnaires were administered to the operators and residents around areas where informal enterprises are carried out. An interval of 2 was used to select operators of UIEs in shops sited on both sides of the streets and residential unit that falls within low medium and high residential quarters.

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Abolade Olajoke. 2013. \u201cContributions of Urban Informal Enterprises to the Economy of Ibadan, Nigeria\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - E: Economics GJHSS-E Volume 13 (GJHSS Volume 13 Issue E5): .

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Subject: Global Journal of Human-Social Science - E: Economics

Authors: Abolade Olajoke, Adeboyejo Thompson Aina, Kehinde, Olamiju Ogini (PhD/Dr. count: 0)

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