Critical times: Gendered implications of the economic crisis for migrant workers from Burma/Myanmar in Thailand

Gender and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-227

  Pollock, Jackie ^a   Lin Aung, Soe ^a  

^a C/o MAP Foundation ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Burma; Economic downturn; Gender; Labour; Migrants; Myanmar; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954277529     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2010.491324     Document Type: Article

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