Can industrial outwork enhance homeworkers' capabilities? Evidence from clusters in South Asia

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1735-1757

  Mehrotra, Santosh ^a   Biggeri, Mario ^b  

^a UNDP   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human development; India; Informal sector; Pakistan; South Asia; Subcontracting; Women's work

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR POLICY; SUBCONTRACTING; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 26844507104     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.04.013     Document Type: Article

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