Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade Between Zimbabwe and South Africa
Abel Chikanda, Godfrey Tawodzera
Zimbabwe has witnessed the rapid expansion of informal cross-border trading (ICBT) with neighbouring countries over the past two decades. Beginning in the mid-1990s when the country embarked on its Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP), a large number of people were forced into informal employment through worsening economic conditions and the decline in formal sector jobs. The country�s post-2000 economic col-lapse resulted in the closure of many industries and created market opportunities for the further expansion of ICBT. This report, part of SAMP�s Growing Informal Cities series, sought to provide a current picture of ICBT in Zimbabwe by interviewing a sample of 514 Harare-based informal entrepreneurs involved in cross-border trading with South Africa.
Yıl:
2017
Baskı:
1
Yayımcı:
Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP)
Dil:
english
Sayfalar:
47
ISBN 10:
1920596313
ISBN 13:
9781920596316
Dosya:
PDF, 1.38 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2017