Microenterprise development is usually affected by accessible finance. Lack of access to credit deters most microentrepreneurs because the formal sector has the impression that microentrepreneurs are not creditworthy. Cooperative Thrift and Credit Societies have evolved overtime to solve the problem of inaccessibility to credit and development of entrepreneurial ability of owners of microenterprises. Based on the aforementioned the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of belonging to an interdependent society like Cooperative Thrift and Credit society on enterprise performance and...
Microenterprise development is usually affected by accessible finance. Lack of access to credit deters most microentrepreneurs because the formal sect...
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of South-South regional trade issues, with a particular focus on sustainably fostering Africa's regional trade agenda. It examines the extent to which South-South regional trade agreements (RTAs) have contributed toward enhancing regional integration and economic expansion in Africa in particular, and in the South in general. The authors recommend new conceptual frameworks, appropriate initiatives, and workable policy recipes to help South-South RTAs enhance Africa's economic transformation trajectory.
The book underscores the geo-politics,...
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of South-South regional trade issues, with a particular focus on sustainably fostering Africa's regiona...
Eat Local, Taste Global: How Ethnocultural Food Reaches Our Tables shows how the demand for ethnocultural vegetables on the part of Toronto's South Asian, Chinese, and Afro-Caribbean Canadians is at odds with the corporate food regime. How does that regime affect the local food movement and ethnic groups' access to their preferred foods? This book addresses that question and suggests that the protection of ethnic and national food security and sovereignty strengthens immigrant integration while producing healthy crossover effects for other Canadians.
The authors show how...
Eat Local, Taste Global: How Ethnocultural Food Reaches Our Tables shows how the demand for ethnocultural vegetables on the part of Toronto'...
