Intro -- Kitchen Capitalism -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Little Businesses, Large Hopes -- 2. Theory and Evidence -- 3. Who Wants to Be a Microentrepreneur and Why? -- 4. Getting Started: Resources for Microenterprise -- 5. The Bottom Line: Business and Household -- 6....

Businesses come to life as owners are allowed to speak in their own words in this first in-depth examination of self-employment told from the perspectives of low-income microentrepreneurs. The book systematically analyzes a range of issues, including who chooses to open a micro business, and...