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Food retailing
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Improving young women’s working conditions in Tanzania’s urban food vending sector

In this paper, we investigate the working conditions of the young women working as assistants in the food vending sector in Tanzania using interviews and focus group discussions which are supplemented with quantitative survey...

Tanzania Working conditions Food retailing
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Deepening regional integration in Southern Africa

Regional integration is making steady progress in Southern Africa, leading to the development of regional value chains (RVCs) that could strengthen the competitiveness of the region...

Apparel industry Automotive industry Food retailing
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Spreading the gains?: Prospects and policies for the development of regional value chains in Southern Africa

Regional integration is making steady progress in Africa and a key objective is to improve the prospects for industrialization by expanding the regional market...

Apparel industry Automotive industry Food retailing
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