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Informal Women Workers in the Global South : Policies and Practices for the Formalisation of Women's Employment in Developing Economies
Herausgegeben von:
Ghosh, Jayati
London:
Routledge
,
2021
,
217 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Link: | Volltext |
| Herausgegeben von: | Ghosh, Jayati |
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Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics
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| Jahr: | 2021 |
| ISBN: | 0367545993 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Formalising employment is a desirable policy goal, but how it is done matters greatly, especially for women workers. Indeed, formalisation policies that do not recognise gendered realities and prevailing socio-economic conditions may be less effective and even counterproductive. This book examines the varying trajectories of formalisation and their impact on women workers in five developing countries in Asia and Africa: India, Thailand, South Africa, Ghana and Morocco. They range from low to middle income countries, which are integrated into global financial and goods markets to differing degrees and have varying labour market and macroeconomic conditions. The different case studies, using macro and survey data as well as in-depth analysis of particular sectors, provide interesting and sometimes surprising insights. Despite some limited successes in providing some social protection benefits to some informal workers, most formalisation policies have not really improved conditions, especially for women workers. In many cases, that is because the policies are gender-blind and insensitive to the specific needs of women workers. The impact of formalisation policies on women in developing countries is relatively under-researched. This book provides new evidence that will be applicable across a wide range of developing country contexts and will be of interest to policy makers, feminist economists and students of economics, labour, gender and development studies, public policy, politics and sociology. *** TOC: Introduction: The gender implications of formalising informal activities by Jayati Ghosh *** Insecurity of women workers and the chimera of formality in India by C.P. Chandrasekhar, Jayati Ghosh, Nancy Yadav and Shreya Sharma *** Growing informality and women’s work in South Africa by Hameda Deedat *** Does Formalisation Improve Women’s Work Conditions? A Review of the Regulatory Regime for Contract Farming and Domestic Trade in Ghana by Dzodzi Tsikata and Promise Eweh *** Striving for Formalization: Gender and Youth Aspects of Informal Employment in Morocco by Mouna Cherkaoui and Taoufik Benkaraach *** The socio-economic complexities of formalisation of women’s employment in Thailand by Jessica Vechbanyongratana, Yong Yoon, Warn Nuarpear Lekfuangfu and Peera Tangtammaruk *** | |
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