Working hard, working poor: a global journey
More than three billion people, nearly half of humankind, live on less than two-and-a-half U.S. dollars per person per day. Studies have shown repeatedly that the main and often the sole asset of the poor is their labor. It follows that to understand glob.
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- Full title :Working hard, working poor : a global journey / Gary S. Fields.
Summary
More than three billion people, nearly half of humankind, live on less than two-and-a-half U.S. dollars per person per day. Studies have shown repeatedly that the main and often the sole asset of the poor is their labor. It follows that to understand glob.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199794768, 0199794766, 1283348969, 9781283348966, 9780199928606, 0199928606
- oclc:ocn770702048
- LC Classification:HC59.72.P6
- Dewey Decimal:331.5/4091724
Table of Contents
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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