Informal Sector Innovations

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Foreword Mammo Muchie 1. Introduction Mammo Muchie, Saradindu Bhaduri, Anga Baskaran and Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh Part I: Perspectives of Informal Economy 2. Rational agent-based understanding of the informal sector: A critical assessment Rene Rivera-Huerta 3. A new informal economy in Africa: The case of Ghana Franklin Obeng-Odoom and Stephen Ameyaw 4. Development of entrepreneurial potential among undergraduates of a private university in Nigeria Akeem Ayofe Akinwale 5. The confounding influence of urban informality on innovation and production specialisation in production clusters: evidence from Nairobi John C. Harris Part II: Informal Sector Innovations: Insights from Africa 6. The dynamics of local innovations among formal and informal enterprises: Stories from rural South Africa Alexandra Luis Mhula Links, Tim Hart and Peter Jacobs 7. Actor networks and innovation activities among rural enterprises in a South African locality Kgabo Hector Ramoroka, Peter Jacobs and Hlokoma Mangqalaza 8. Grassroots Innovation as a Mechanism for Smallholder Development in South Africa: Can Impact be Measured? Brigid Letty, Zanele Shezi and Maxwell Mudhara 9. Innovation and agricultural exports: the case of sub-Saharan Africa Monika Korzun, Bamidele Adekunle and Glen C. Filson 10. Effects of climate change on a peri-urban farming community in Lagos, Nigeria Taibat Lawanson, Olabode Orelaja and Michael Simire 11. Agro-based technological innovation: a critical analysis of the determinants of innovation in the informal sector in Harare, Zimbabwe Tarisai Manyati Part III: Informal Sector Innovations: Insights from India 12. Dynamic networks of grassroots innovators in India Hemant Kumar 13. Jugaad to grassroot innovations: understanding the landscape of the informal sector innovations in India Hemant Kumar and Saradindu Bhaduri 14. Exploring informal sector community innovations and knowledge appropriation: A study of Kashmiri pashmina shawls Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh 15. Rethinking technological choices and knowledge production in the mines and on the factory floor: Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha's experiences in central India Radhika Krishnan 16. Understanding the diffusion modes of grassroots innovations in India: A study of Honey Bee Network supported innovators Dinesh Abrol and Ankush Gupta 17. Conclusion Mammo Muchie, Saradindu Bhaduri, Anga Baskaran and Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh