Refrains about financial hardship are ubiquitous in contemporary Nigeria, frequently
expressed through the idiom “to be a man is not a one-day job.” But while men talk …

This study adopts a resource-based view to model how location specific-factors among
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in coastal environments in developing …

Purpose Human resource contributes significantly to the outcome of construction projects. In
recent years, apprenticeship programs are being implemented to train young people to …

This article presents the challenges a social scientist can encounter in studying workers in
an informal sector. It is written from a doctoral researcher's perspective and draws on her …

This study identified informal economic activities in Hausa community in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. It
examined how people acquire knowledge and skills about the identified informal economic …

In southeastern Nigeria, Igbo-speaking people commonly assert that “a debt never dies.” In
anthropology, it is well established that debts contribute to constituting social relations …

This study examined the role of informal sector in income and employment generation
besides the contribution of the sector to tax revenue. First, the description of the size and …

The construction industry needs skilled personnel for its sustainability due to the shortage of
skilled workers. Women are reputed to bridge the gap created by skills shortages in …

This dataset presents longitudinal data collected through four surveys (in six-monthly
intervals) of fresh university and polytechnic graduates in Nigeria. The data were collected …

Usaha disektor informal menjadi penopang kehidupan banyak orang di negara-negara
berkembang. Usaha sektor informal menarik banyak pihak seperti pemerintah, akademisi …