Asian Informal Workers: Global Risks Local Protection

ISBN-13: 9780415382755 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 512 str.

S. R. Mehrotra; Mario Biggeri; Santosh K. Mehrotra

Opis

Home-based work is a source of income diversification for poor families but also the source of exploitation of vulnerable workers and child labour. This volume examines the social protection needs of the workforce and argues for public action to promote such work and protect workers in developing countries.

Spis treści

Part 1: A Cross-Country Analysis of Industrial Outwork in Asia  1. The Empirical Context and a Theoretical Framework  2. Research Methodology  3. Subcontracting and Homework in the Value Chain   4. Homeworkers  5. Child Labour in Homework  Part 2: The Country Studies  6. Subcontracted Homework in India: A Case Study of Three Sectors  7. Hazardous Subcontracted Homework in Pakistan  8. Women and Children Homeworkers in Indonesia  9. Subcontracted Homework by Women and Children in The Philippines 10. Subcontracted Homework in Thailand  Part 3: Policy Implications  11. Upgrading Informal Micro- and Small Enterprises through Clusters – Towards a Policy Agenda  12. Extending Social Insurance to Informal Wage Workers