My business pays me: Labourers and entrepreneurs among the self-employed poor in latin America

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 102-116

  Eversole, Robyn ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic development; Labour employment; Microenterprise; Petty commodity production; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; MICROENTERPRISE; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

BOLIVIA; GUATEMALA; PERU;

EID: 0037267208     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1470-9856.00066     Document Type: Article

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