Mainstreaming informal employment and gender in poverty reduction [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders / / Martha Alter Chen, Joann Vanek, Marilyn Carr
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Chen Martha Alter
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| Titolo: |
Mainstreaming informal employment and gender in poverty reduction [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders / / Martha Alter Chen, Joann Vanek, Marilyn Carr
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| Pubblicazione: | Ottowa, : International Development Research Centre |
| London, : Commonwealth Secretariat and International Development Research Centre, c2004 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.4/12042 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women in development - Developing countries |
| Informal sector (Economics) - Developing countries | |
| Poor women - Developing countries | |
| Sex discrimination in employment - Developing countries | |
| Altri autori: |
VanekJoann
CarrMarilyn
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| Note generali: | At foot of title: WIEGO. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (205-221). |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mainstreaming informal employment and gender in poverty reduction |
| ISBN: | 1-280-71778-5 |
| 9786610717781 | |
| 1-55250-173-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783407303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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New gender mainstreaming series on development issues.