Service provision for street-based traders in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal: Comparing local findings to lessons drawn from Africa and Asia

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 595-604

  Mayrhofer, Andrea M ^a   Hendriks, Sheryl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INFORMAL SECTOR; MICROENTERPRISE; SERVICE PROVISION;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; PIETERMARITZBURG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0742270557     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835032000149243     Document Type: Article

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