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| Bruised and battered: the struggles of older female informal traders in urban areas of Zimbabwe since the economic reforms | | Author(s) | R Mupedziswa |
| Journal title | Southern African Journal of Gerontology, vol 8, no 1, April 1999 |
| Pages | pp 9-13 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Labour economics ; Zimbabwe. |
| Annotation | In Zimbabwe, the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) launched in 1990 with the goal of improving living standards, has had the opposite effect in that it has caused untold financial hardship, particularly among marginalised groups. As a result, many individuals have turned to the informal economic sector for survival. Traditional informal sector operators, including older women, now have to compete with new entrants. This paper analyses the current situation of older female informal sector traders and concludes that the women need assistance to enable them to survive and to remain self-reliant. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990824202 A |
| Classmark | BD: WH: 7NR |
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