Author: Maria Victoria Aviles-Blanco
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3668914672
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Master's Thesis from the year 1999 in the subject Economics - Other, grade: A, University of Pavia, language: English, abstract: The importance of the Informal Sector in launching the National Economy in Kenya has been a key issue in the Government Agenda. Supporting training projects for the Jua Kali is expected to foster competitiveness and effectiveness of the labor market as a first step for employment creation. Training activities focus in quality and technological improvements for product development and increasing the capacity of trainees to deal with institutions. In the evaluation of training projects success is measured using indicators on final production and investment lacking data on institutional capacity building. The purpose of this paper is evaluate a training program for Jua Kali using the indicators proposed by the donor, using data from Jua Kali Training Program in Thika funded by EU Micro-Enterprise Support Program Training for associates of the Thika Jua Kali Welfare Association in Kenya.