Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6769
Title: Generating livelihoods: a study of urban squatter settlements in Solomon Islands
Contributor(s): Maebuta, Helen Esther (author); Maebuta, Jack  (author)
Publication Date: 2009
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6769
Abstract: This article reports the results of a survey of the livelihoods of 208 households in squatter settlements in Solomon Islands. The main sources of household income are selling betel-nuts and cigarettes and working in full-time and casual unskilled jobs. Those individuals generating incomes make up 28 per cent of total household members. Of those household members generating incomes, 46.6 per cent are females. Some 50.5 per cent of the respondents did not have existing savings to start their income-generating activities. The average income from informal activities is two times more than the average fortnightly income from casual and full-time employment and 1.5 times more than the national minimum wage. This analysis draws a number of implications from the findings. These include building a traditional marketplace for selling betel-nut, the need for the government to fast track the implementation of development projects in the larger provinces, the need for research to investigate if low-income earners are paid at the minimum wage rate or lower, the need for relevant government departments and non-governmental organisations to conduct community-based short courses in the settlements that focus on appropriate income-generating enterprises, and the need for in-depth study into employment regulations and conditions in Solomon Islands.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Pacific Economic Bulletin, 24(3), p. 118-131
Publisher: Australian National University
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 1834-9455
0817-8038
1832-6900
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 160403 Social and Cultural Geography
160404 Urban and Regional Studies (excl Planning)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 919999 Economic Framework not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Publisher/associated links: http://peb.anu.edu.au/pdf/PEB24_3_Maebuta.pdf
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School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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