An edition of At Christmas and on rainy days (1996)
At Christmas and on rainy days
transport, travel and the female traders of Accra
By Margaret Grieco,Nana A. Apt,Jeff Turner
Publish Date
1996
Publisher
Avebury
Language
eng
Pages
268
Description:
At Christmas and on rainy days, the women traders of Accra make use of taxis and other high cost forms of transport. On normal days, many transport their goods and themselves in overcrowded, poorly ventilated mini-buses (tro-tros). This book examines the relationships between household organization, petty trading and the informal public transport system. It documents the travel and transport strategies of Accra's female traders as they go about the task of household survival in a petty trading economy.
subjects: Women merchants, Retail trade, Economic conditions, Women