The SEWA way: Shaping another future for informal labour

Futures

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 554-568

  Kapoor, Aditi ^a  

^a Oxfam ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR; SELF EMPLOYMENT; TRADE UNION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33947498922     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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