02620nam 2200565 450 991046626750332120200520144314.01-920596-31-3(CKB)3710000001086628(MiAaPQ)EBC4816147(OCoLC)975236239(MdBmJHUP)muse58603(Au-PeEL)EBL4816147(CaPaEBR)ebr11355486(CaONFJC)MIL996009(OCoLC)975224563(EXLCZ)99371000000108662820170315h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierInformal entrepreneurship and cross-border trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa /Abel Chikanda and Godfrey TawodzeraCape Town, South Africa :Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP),2017.©20171 online resource (47 pages) illustrations, tables, graphsSAMP Migration Policy Series ;Number 74Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.1-920596-29-1 Includes bibliographical references.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.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.Migration policy series ;Number 74.Informal sector (Economics)South AfricaInformal sector (Economics)ZimbabweSouth AfricaCommerceZimbabweElectronic books.Informal sector (Economics)Informal sector (Economics)330Chikanda Abel302662Tawodzera GodfreyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910466267503321Informal entrepreneurship and cross-border trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa2486654UNINA