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The scope and scale of the informal food economy of South African urban residential townships
Census results from nine townships show that food and drink businesses make up the majority of the township economy.
Petersen, L. M., & Charman, A. J. E. (2018). The scope and scale of the informal food economy of South African urban residential townships: Results of a small-area micro-enterprise census. Development Southern Africa, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2017.1363643