Women and the transformation of domestic spaces for income generation in Dhaka bustees

Cities

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 321-329

  Mahmud, Shihabuddin ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Home transformation; Home based enterprise; Low income settlement

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; INFORMAL SECTOR; LOW INCOME POPULATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA;

EID: 0042352649     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-2751(03)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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