Enterprising women in urban Zimbabwe : gender, microbusiness, and globalization /

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Main Author: Osirim, Mary Johnson
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Bloomington : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Indiana University Press, [2009], ©2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : why study Zimbabwean women entrepreneurs in a globalizing era?
  • Shaping the discourse on women and development : theory and history in the study of women and the microenterprise sector
  • Crocheters as dynamic innovators and producers of material culture
  • "The market sustains me" : traders persisting under difficult odds
  • Hairdressers and seamstresses : pathways to success in a challenging environment?
  • To support or not to support women's microenterprises : the state, NGOs, informal associations, and coping strategies
  • Conclusion : moving beyond simple survival in the microenterprise sector.