Informal migrant entrepreneurship and inclusive growth in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
By: Jonathan Crush, Caroline Skinner and Abel Chikanda
Contributors: Chikanda, Abel, author; Skinner, Caroline, author
Series: Migration policy series -- no. 68; Migration policy series -- no. 68.
Publisher: Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP); International Migration Research Centre (IMRC)
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cape Town; [Waterloo, Ontario]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781920596101
Subjects: Informal sector (Economics); Immigrant business enterprises
Description: While increasing attention is being paid to the drivers and forms of entrepreneurship in informal economies, much less of this policy and research focus is directed at understanding the links between mobility and informality. This report examines the current state of knowledge about this relationship with particular reference to three countries (Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe) and four cities (Cape Town, Harare, Johannesburg and Maputo), identifying major themes, knowledge gaps, research questions and policy implications.
Notes: "Growing Informal Cities Project."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Introduction; title: Urbanization and informality; title: International migration in Southern Africa; title: Migrants and the informal economy; title: Informal cross-border trading; title: Informal remitting enterprise; title: Gender, mobility and entrepreneurship; title: Migrant entrepreneurial motivation; title: Pathologizing space, policing informality; title: Conclusion.