Gender, informality and innovation: insights from research in Sweetwaters, KwaZulu-Natal

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Majokweni, P., Petersen, I., Mayeki, S. & Maziya, M. (2024) Gender, informality and innovation: insights from research in Sweetwaters, KwaZulu-Natal. (HSRC Policy Brief, July). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/23516 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/23516

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Abstract:
This policy brief applies a gender lens to exploring innovation in informal businesses. A gender lens can help policymakers understand the innovation behaviour of both men and women-owned businesses towards the development of suitable targeted interventions. The analysis is based on data collected through the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators' 2017-2018 Innovation in the Informal Sector Survey conducted in a peri-rural area in KwaZulu-Natal, Sweetwaters, Msunduzi KwaZulu-Natal is associated with relatively higher levels of emigration, poverty, unemployment, and inadequate infrastructure. The brief provides snapshots of the data to inform further research.
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HSRC Policy Brief, July
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22 Sep 2024
 
GENDER
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
INFORMAL ECONOMY
SWEETWATERS
KWAZULU-NATAL
INNOVATION
 
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