Handicraft is a type of work where useful and decorative devices are made completely by hand or using only simple tools. Usually the term is applied to traditional means of making goods. This book constitutes a study in the economic characteristics of a particular disadvantaged group of a backward economy and the problems of development arise out of these characteristics. Both the endogenous and exogenous factors are determining economic conditions of handicrafts workers. In fact throughout the present work our efforts have been to examine the gender dimension of the problems of earning a...

Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. It is considered to be one of the contributing factors to global climate change. Trees absorb greenhouse gases and carbon emissions. They produce oxygen and perpetuate the water cycle by releasing water vapor in the atmosphere. This book constitutes a study on deforestation in various countries. Causes of deforestation, effects and government effort for checking are also included in this book.