PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF PAPER-BASED INDUSTRY IN KUNNAMKULAM (A Local Level Study)

By: Publication details: 2001; Centre for Development Studies-UPRSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: Literature on informal sector focuses its potential of employment generation and Efficiency in the allocation of resources broadly its social objectives like income generation and poverty alleviation. The clusters at the same time, counts for the 'collective efficiency', - its strength through a unique state of togetherness, the key of dynamism in clusters of small firms. This study provides evidence on paper-based industrial clusters in the informal sector of Kunnamkulam in Kerala. The industry exhibited strengths in the socio-economic development at the local level, when the other sectors failed to provide livelihood. One cannot simply view this sector, as a refuge for marginalized populations, there appears to be a heterogeneous momentum with a hierarchy of its own. However, the focus towards this segment has been defensive, resulting to insulate the sector from the typology of competitive growth. For a cross-section analysis, the investigator has conducted a primary investigation in the 31 municipal wards of Kunnamkulam. Sample surveys in two stages covering 20
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Literature on informal sector focuses its potential of employment generation and Efficiency in the allocation of resources broadly its social objectives like income generation and poverty alleviation. The clusters at the same time, counts for the 'collective efficiency', - its strength through a unique state of togetherness, the key of dynamism in clusters of small firms. This study provides evidence on paper-based industrial clusters in the informal sector of Kunnamkulam in Kerala. The industry exhibited strengths in the socio-economic development at the local level, when the other sectors failed to provide livelihood. One cannot simply view this sector, as a refuge for marginalized populations, there appears to be a heterogeneous momentum with a hierarchy of its own. However, the focus towards this segment has been defensive, resulting to insulate the sector from the typology of competitive growth. For a cross-section analysis, the investigator has conducted a primary investigation in the 31 municipal wards of Kunnamkulam. Sample surveys in two stages covering 20

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