Social outsourcing as a development tool: The impact of outsourcing it services to women's social enterprises in Kerala

Journal of International Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-454

  Heeks, Richard ^a   Arun, Shoba ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Information technology; Kerala; Kudumbashree; Livelihoods; Outsourcing; Social enterprise

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ROLE; HUMAN CAPITAL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LABOR POLICY; OUTSOURCING; POVERTY DETERMINANT; PRIVATE SECTOR; VULNERABILITY;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 77951955478     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1580     Document Type: Article

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