Cross border trade as a survival strategy in SADC : a study of Zimbabwean women traders

This research explores the extent to which Zimbabwean national policies and more broadly SADC affect informal trade and informal traders. Whilst SADC governments claim a desire to fight poverty, the organisation at the same time is pursuing policies that are obstructive to poverty alleviation. This is, for example, reflected in its lack of recognition of informal cross border traders. The thesis argues that one of the reasons explaining this is that SADC lacks an autonomous development strategy; its integration scheme is informed by the European model.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Political Studies

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Moyo, Ntozakhe Mpho

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Akokpari, John

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3753

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/3753