Research on the informal sector tends to pay little attention to the evolution and dynamics of social institutions and social relations. Most institutional analysis compares the informal sector with the formal sector but does not deeply analyse the institutions of the informal sector in their own right. Informal sector policy and practice often prescribe interventions for the sector, but do not advance proposals on how to tap into and build on existing associations and relations. This paper examines the structure, organization and role of associations and social relations in the informal sector in Kenya, and argues the case for why analysis of the informal sector should take them into account.
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