Beyond simple survival: Women microentrepreneurs in harare and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Courtyards, Markets, City Streets: Urban Women in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 213-240

  Osirim, Mary Johnson ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 85047165408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429501241     Document Type: Chapter

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