Empirical studies on self-employment uniformly cite the high mortality rate in both developed and developing countries. Several studies on the entry into self-employment incorporate a savings constraint. Policy makers and international aid agencies have responded by providing credit to would-be...

Introduction : why study Zimbabwean women entrepreneurs in a globalizing era? -- Shaping the discourse on women and development : theory and history in the study of women and the microenterprise sector -- Crocheters as dynamic innovators and producers of material culture -- "The market sustains...