Change makers? Women's microenterprises in a Bolivian City

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-142

  Eversole, Robyn ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Economic development; Microenterprise; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; MICROENTERPRISE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

BOLIVIA; CHUQUISACA; SOUTH AMERICA; SUCRE [CHUQUISACA];

EID: 1442289408     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2004.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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