Title: Mainstreaming informal employment and gender in poverty reduction : a handbook for policy - makers and other stakeholders
Abstract: Abbreviations Foreword Executive Summary 1. Employment: The 'Missing Link' in the Poverty Debates The Globalisation-Growth-Poverty Debate Terms of the Debate The 'Missing link' in the Debate Conclusion 2. Informal Employment, Gender and Poverty The Informal Economy Women and Men in the Informal Economy The Links Between Informal Employment, Poverty and Gender Gender Segmentation of the Informal Economy Hidden Costs of Informal Employment The Global Horticulture Value Chain: An Illustrative Case Study Gender Segmentation of the Informal Economy and Poverty 3. The Changing World of Work: Linking Economic Reforms-Gender-Poverty Economic Reforms and Poverty Trade and Employment The Changing Nature of Work Conclusion 4. Decent Work for Informal Workers: Promising Strategies and Examples Goal 1: Promoting Opportunities Goal 2: Securing Rights Goal 3: Promoting Protection Goal 4: Promoting Voice Supporting Strategy- Collecting Statistics on the Informal Economy Conclusion 5. Informal Employment and Gender: A Strategic Policy Approach Policy Perspective Policy Goals Substantive Policy Areas Key Actors Policy Process References Appendices 1 llO Convention on Home Work, 1996 2 Recommendations to Extend National Labour Legislation to Informal Women Workers in India 3 Draft Umbrella Legislation on Informal Sector Workers, India 4 Bellagio Declaration of Street Vendors, 1995
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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