Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Chikanda, Abel.

Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa. - Southern African Migration Programme, 2017. - 1 online resource

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Executive summary; Introduction; Research methodology; Profile of ICBT entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial motivation; Financing the ICBT enterprise; Travelling to Johannesburg; Selling goods in Zimbabwe; Contributions to the Zimbabwean economy; Contributions to the South African economy; Business problems and challenges; Conclusion; Endnotes; References; Back cover.

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.

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Informal sector (Economics)--South Africa.
Informal sector (Economics)--Zimbabwe.
Secteur informel (Économie politique)--Afrique du Sud.
Secteur informel (Économie politique)--Zimbabwe.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economics--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Emigration & Immigration.
Commerce.
Informal sector (Economics)


South Africa--Commerce--Zimbabwe.
South Africa.
Zimbabwe.


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