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Socio-economic empowerment of communities by grassroots organizations: The case of the Harambee self help groups in Kenya
Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
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Socio-economic empowerment of communities by grassroots organizations: The case of the Harambee self help groups in Kenya
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Ochanda, Richard Muko
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JEL Classification: I138 and L26
Social Enterprises, Third Sector, Harambee, Self Help Groups, Community Based Organizations |
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| Description |
The study contributes to the discourse on grassroots organizations by studying the traditional Harambee Self Help Groups in Kenya in the light of social enterprise and third sector discourses. Data for this study was provided by provincial administration of Riruta Location in Nairobi, Kenya. The location archives comprised of self-help groups (SHGs) registration forms, constitutions, dispute processes, correspondences, proposals and minutes.The study found that unit increases in resource mobilization activities, organizational meetings, governmental recognition in terms of registrations, membership and village outreaches had positive influence on the expected changes in the number of economic empowerment activities in a significant way. Unit decreases in networking and unit increases in challenges had a negative influence.This study attempts to equate the Harambee SHGs to social enterprises, studies their entrepreneurial dynamic within the Kenyan third sector and examines their historical and current contribution in the country.
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Doctoral School of Sociology, Corvinus University Budapest
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Koinonia Advisory Research and Development Service (KARDS)
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2013-05-26
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://cjssp.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php/cjssp/article/view/61
10.14267/cjssp.2013.01.03 |
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Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy; Vol 4, No 1 (2013)
2062-087X 2061-5558 |
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eng
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http://cjssp.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php/cjssp/article/view/61/54
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