Working hard, working poor [electronic resource] : a global journey / Gary S. Fields.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. ISBN: 9780199794645 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Working poor -- Developing countries | Labor market -- Developing countriesDDC classification: - Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access onlineOxford scholarship online Economics and Finance
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-220) and index.
How the poorer half works -- A life's journey -- A problem of enormous proportions -- Four workers' stories -- How the poor are working -- Labor markets in a globalized world -- Helping the poor earn their way out of poverty -- Setting objectives, facing tradeoffs -- Growth, trade, and aid -- Harnessing the energies of private companies -- Labor market policies for generating more wage employment -- Increasing self-employment earnings -- Taking action -- What can you do?
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