"Without tiendas it's a dead neighbourhood": The socio-economic importance of small trade stores in Cochabamba, Bolivia

Cities

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 327-339

  Coen, Stephanie E ^a   Ross, Nancy A ^a   Turner, Sarah ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolivia; home based enterprises; neighbourhood stores; small scale trade; urban neighbourhoods

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INFORMAL SECTOR; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MARKET SYSTEM; NEIGHBORHOOD; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN ECONOMY;

BOLIVIA; COCHABAMBA [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56449096645     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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