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Enterprising women in urban Zimbabwe : gender, microbusiness, and globalization / Mary Johnson Osirim.

Osirim, Mary Johnson.
2009
338.04082096891 O82e 2009
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Title
Enterprising women in urban Zimbabwe : gender, microbusiness, and globalization / Mary Johnson Osirim.
Author
Osirim, Mary Johnson.
ISBN
9780253353474 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0253353475 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xix, 248 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
338.04082096891 O82e 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)261177810
(OCoLC)261177810
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-238) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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