Cultivating Customers : Market Women in Harare, Zimbabwe /
Horn, Nancy E.
Cultivating Customers : Market Women in Harare, Zimbabwe / Nancy E. Horn. - 1 online resource (186 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Map of Zimbabwe -- Map of Harare -- 1 The Ethic and Tradition of Women's Economic Roles -- 2 Agricultural and Urban Development: Historical Background to Fresh Produce Vending -- 3 The Informal Economy, Microenterprises, Women, and Business -- 4 The Fresh Produce Marketing System in Harare -- 5 A Profile of Harare's Female Microentrepreneurs -- 6 The Business of Generating Financial Returns -- 7 Noneconomic Variables in Microenterprise Development -- 8 The Deconstruction of the Informal Sector and the Gender Variable in Microenterprise Development -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book and Author
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Horn finds that, although invisible in terms of government statistics, Zimbabwe's market women are serious entrepreneurs who generate profit for reinvestment and household maintenance and who make a vital contribution to the national economy.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781555874728 9781685855635
10.1515/9781685855635 doi
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.
Cultivating Customers : Market Women in Harare, Zimbabwe / Nancy E. Horn. - 1 online resource (186 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Map of Zimbabwe -- Map of Harare -- 1 The Ethic and Tradition of Women's Economic Roles -- 2 Agricultural and Urban Development: Historical Background to Fresh Produce Vending -- 3 The Informal Economy, Microenterprises, Women, and Business -- 4 The Fresh Produce Marketing System in Harare -- 5 A Profile of Harare's Female Microentrepreneurs -- 6 The Business of Generating Financial Returns -- 7 Noneconomic Variables in Microenterprise Development -- 8 The Deconstruction of the Informal Sector and the Gender Variable in Microenterprise Development -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book and Author
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Horn finds that, although invisible in terms of government statistics, Zimbabwe's market women are serious entrepreneurs who generate profit for reinvestment and household maintenance and who make a vital contribution to the national economy.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781555874728 9781685855635
10.1515/9781685855635 doi
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.