Dimensions of Resilience in Developing Countries Informality, Solidarities and Carework
This book provides the latest empirical data on the three forms of resilience: informality, solidarities and unpaid care-work. It uncovers and quantifies these three forms of resilience that are generally invisible or ill recognised, whereas these play a major role in the livelihoods of poor and vul...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham
Springer International Publishing
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Series: | Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1: Informality
- Chapter 1: History of a Concept
- Chapter 2: Concepts, Methodologies, Sources of Data
- Chapter 3: Trends and Characteristics of Informal Employment and its Components
- Chapter 4: Role of Informal Employment in Economic Development and Development Policies
- Part 2: Solidarities
- Chapter 5
- Community, Individualism and Social Capital
- Chapter 6: Concepts, Methodologies and Sources of Data
- Chapter 7: Transfers, Remittances and Care
- Chapter 8: Towards a Social Protection Floor for All
- Part 3: Women’s Activities and Unpaid Work
- Chapter 9: Female Participation Rates to the Labour Force and to Informal Employment: Reasons for their Underestimation
- Chapter 10: The Extended Notion of Work and The Time-Use Surveys
- Chapter 11: Feminisation of Poverty, Time Poverty and Potential For Development
- Chapter 12: Towards Recognition of Women’s Work and Women’s Empowerment
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- General Index