The Contribution of the Informal Economy to the Social and Economic Development of Women-Headed Households in the Chegutu Urban District in Zimbabwe

Nugundu, Kudzai; Lombard, Antoinette

doi:10.15270/48-1-101

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“…This made the presence of an ICT social enterprise critically important for the residents in accessing knowledge and information that was previously lacking. All these aspirations are congruent with the South African social development policy framework (Nugundu and Lombard, 2012), which seeks to lessen the socio-economic inequalities through access to information and resources.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…In South Africa, the DSD is administratively mandated to spearhead services that are equitable, sustainable, accessible, people-centred and developmental, and to tackle myriad socio-economic deficits (DSD, 2013; Nugundu and Lombard, 2012). Against this backdrop, the communities remain highly vulnerable as evidenced by escalating inequality, unemployment and poverty (Rogan and Reynolds, 2019; Statistics South Africa, 2019).…”

Section: Problem Statementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Creating alternative interventions in social work to promote socio-economic development in South Africa: Lessons from selected social enterprises

Kajiita

Kang’ethe

2021

International Social Work

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Social work interventions for families, individuals and communities should be comprehensive and sustainable. A social enterprise model with dual social and economic value creation provides a useful framework for such interventions. Through a qualitative research approach and case study design, three social enterprises were studied. The findings indicate that social enterprises pursue people-centred investment; engineer and promote social integration and equity in the local communities; and create employment and promote skill development for vulnerable groups such as women and youth. Thus, a social enterprise dual mission for accruing social and economic value aligns with the social work helping mandate, and therefore smoothly integrates.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 84%

Section: Problem Statementmentioning

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Creating alternative interventions in social work to promote socio-economic development in South Africa: Lessons from selected social enterprises

Kajiita

Kang’ethe

2021

International Social Work

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“…Therefore, underemployment, unemployment, gender inequality, poverty, as well as precarious work are the enzyme that makes informal economy flourish. It is imperative to note that these are the very circumstances that have dominated the Zimbabwean economy [2], [8] - [11]. The uncontrollable vicissitudes in the Zimbabwean political and socioeconomic landscape has led to the proliferation of the informal economy activities as people sought to survive.…”

Section: The Zimbabwean Informal Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As of June 2005 approximately 3 million out of 11 million people depended on the informal economy for survival [8]. Chilunjika & Mutizwa [11] articulated that unemployment increased during the 2008 hyperinflation.…”

Section: The Zimbabwean Informal Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

The Shadow Pandemic: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Zimbabwean Informal Sector in Chiredzi District

Mutizwa¹

2021

IJ-HuMaSS

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COVID-19 has disrupted the business sector globally, ushering developed and developing economies into an unprecedented recession beyond anything experienced in nearly a century. Governments across the globe have adopted a myriad of preventive measures. These remedial actions vary from one country to the other. Nonetheless, in Zimbabwe the government gave a blind eye on the informal sector as evidenced by the adopted preventive measures which neglected the plight of informal traders. To this end, this research interrogates the shadow pandemic in the Zimbabwean informal sector using Chiredzi District as an illustrative case study. Documentary review and key informed interviews were at the core of research methodology. The study found out that informal economy businesses are excluded from government grants, closure of businesses, failure to pay rentals, disruption of the supply chain, psychological impact and family dysfunctional are the quandaries causing a shadow pandemic. Inclusion of informal economy businesses in policies and government grants, government should negotiate with landlords, informal traders should be allowed to operate and inclusive social nets are the possible remedial actions that the government can adopted.

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Improving the socio-economic welfare of women through informal sector activities in Ghana

Peprah

Ocloo

2022

Environ Dev Sustain

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The Contribution of the Informal Economy to the Social and Economic Development of Women-Headed Households in the Chegutu Urban District in Zimbabwe

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Creating alternative interventions in social work to promote socio-economic development in South Africa: Lessons from selected social enterprises

Creating alternative interventions in social work to promote socio-economic development in South Africa: Lessons from selected social enterprises

The Shadow Pandemic: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Zimbabwean Informal Sector in Chiredzi District

Improving the socio-economic welfare of women through informal sector activities in Ghana

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