Congolese women and their success in managing small-scale economic activities

Mei. Zegers and Félicité. Tchibindat

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Abstract: Presents a study conducted among women working in the informal sector in two semi-urban suburbs of Brazzaville; two levels of activity were distinguished, that of subsistence entrepreneur and that of a micro- enterprise; a questionnaire was used to understand how women were managing their activity and their family responsibilities; results in a series of recommendations on measures to improve the efficiency of women' s economic activities including the types of training which would be useful.

Keywords: women workers; entrepreneur.; microenterprise; enterprise creation; informal economy; survey.; income generating activities; social role; economic role; questionnaire; statistical table; travailleuses; entrepreneur; micro entreprise; création d'entreprise; économie informelle; enquête; activités rémunératrices; rôle social; rôle économique; questionnaire; tableau statistique; trabajadoras; empresario; microempresa; creación de empresa; economía informal; encuesta; actividades generadoras de ingresos; papel social; papel económico; cuestionario; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 1994
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Published in World Employment Programme working paper. Labour and Population

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