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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.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-ii
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  1. Contents
  2. p. iii
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  1. List of Tables
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  1. List of Figures
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  1. Executive Summary
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  1. Introduction
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  1. Research Methodology
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  1. Profile of ICBT Entrepreneurs
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  1. Entrepreneurial Motivation
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  1. Financing the ICBT Enterprise
  2. pp. 15-22
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  1. Travelling to Johannesburg
  2. pp. 22-25
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  1. Selling Goods in Zimbabwe
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  1. Contributions to the Zimbabwean economy
  2. pp. 26-29
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  1. Contributions to the South African economy
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  1. Business problems and challenges
  2. pp. 31-34
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  1. Conclusion
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  1. Endnotes
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  1. References
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  1. Back cover
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