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- Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: Southern African Migration Programme
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-ii
- List of Tables
- pp. iii-iv
- List of Figures
- p. iv
- Executive Summary
- pp. 1-3
- Introduction
- pp. 4-6
- Research Methodology
- pp. 6-8
- Profile of ICBT Entrepreneurs
- pp. 8-12
- Entrepreneurial Motivation
- pp. 13-14
- Financing the ICBT Enterprise
- pp. 15-22
- Travelling to Johannesburg
- pp. 22-25
- Business problems and challenges
- pp. 31-34
- Conclusion
- p. 34
- References
- pp. 36-41
Additional Information
ISBN
9781920596316
Related ISBN(s)
9781920596293
MARC Record
OCLC
975236239
Pages
46
Launched on MUSE
2017-03-14
Language
English
Open Access
No