Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 for Africa’s women traders : What more can we do?

• Main Author: Parshotam, Asmita
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Newsletter
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Business; Business::General; Africa; Cross-border Trade
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142663
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Informal cross-border traders (ICBTs) play an underappreciated but economically important role in Africa. ICBTs provide goods to remote villages, while their informal networks create employment opportunities. ICBTs contribute significantly to their national economies, although policymakers often ove...