Women's contribution to the domestic trade: the case of Ethiopia

Abstract

In the earliest times of human existence trade was one of the principal economic sectors to diffuse not only natural and readymade products for human consumption but also different cultural and social outlooks among different peoples.'' During the early period of his existence man was able to 1earn how to make use of exchanging or trading one commodity for another,. Raw material products in one country with skills to further manufacture such materials into desirable commodities, say weapons, ornaments and textile materials in another country brought about profitable contacts between sellers and consumers, hence the appearance and importance of trade in the economic life of society.