This paper investigates whether the rise in the number of informal entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe is linked to economic growth or failed government policies. It argues that for the past 30 years informal economic activities have proliferated at an unprecedented rate as a response to socio-political...

Background: Entrepreneurship has most often been studied in the context of developed economies and results extrapolated to apply universally. This tells us little about entrepreneurship in other contexts, including in developing economy situations. In the developing world, entrepreneurship has...

This paper reveals how institutionalised corruption undermines national integrity systems such as the Parliamentary Committees (PC); National Economic Conduct Inspectorate (NECI) to name just two; the auditing profession and overall corporate governance in Zimbabwe. It cites nepotism, cronyism,...