ISBN:
0850927978
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9780850927979
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1552501736
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9781552501733
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxiii, 248 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
New gender mainstreaming series on development issues
Parallel Title:
Print version Mainstreaming informal employment and gender in poverty reduction
DDC:
305.42091724
Keywords:
Women in development Developing countries
;
Informal sector (Economics) Developing countries
;
Poor women Developing countries
;
Sex discrimination in employment Developing countries
;
Developing countries
;
Women in development
;
Informal sector (Economics)
;
Poor women
;
Sex discrimination in employment
;
Women in development
;
Poor women
;
Sex discrimination in employment
;
Informal sector (Economics)
;
Women in development
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Feminism & Feminist Theory
;
Informal sector (Economics)
;
Poor women
;
Sex discrimination in employment
;
Developing countries
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
In this book, the authors highlight the lack of attention to employment, and especially informal employment, in poverty reduction strategies and point to the links between being informally employed, being a woman or a man, and being poor. They do this within the context of major changes relating to economic restructuring and liberalization and map out the impacts on different categories of informal producers and workers, both men and women. The book draws widely on recent data and evidence of the global research policy network called Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WI
Description / Table of Contents:
Abbreviations; Foreword; Executive Summary; 1. Employment: The 'Missing Link' in the Poverty Debates; 2. Informal Employment, Gender and Poverty; 3. The Changing World of Work: Linking Economic Reforms-Gender-Poverty; 4. Decent Work for Informal Workers: Promising Strategies and Examples; 5. Informal Employment and Gender: A Strategic Policy Approach; References; Appendices.
Note:
At foot of title: WIEGO. - Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record
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Includes bibliographical references
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