Geographies of the contemporary informal sector in the global south: Gender, employment relationships and social protection

Geography Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1885-1906

  Lloyd Evans, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ROLE; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INFORMAL SECTOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 57049100277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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