Enterprising women in urban Zimbabwe
Subtitle: gender, microbusiness, and globalization
By: Mary Johnson Osirim.
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Indiana University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Bloomington, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780253353474
Subjects: Self-employed women -- Zimbabwe; Businesswomen -- Zimbabwe; Entrepreneurship -- Zimbabwe; Small business -- Zimbabwe
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why study Zimbabwean women entrepreneurs in a globalizing era?; title: Shaping the discourse on women and development : theory and history in the study of women and the microenterprise sector; title: Crocheters as dynamic innovators and producers of material culture; title: "The market sustains me" : traders persisting under difficult odds; title: Hairdressers and seamstresses : pathways to success in a challenging environment?; title: To support or not to support women's microenterprises : the state, NGOs, informal; title: Associations, and coping strategies; title: Conclusion : moving beyond simple survival in the microenterprise sector.