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The author builds two macro foundations which lead to an understanding of the economic conditions a society must satisfy in order to exist, survive, and develop. Social subsistence is used as the entry point and fundamental principle, while both production and distribution survival conditions...
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There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty. How the for-profit model can be harnessed to provide the poor with a share in the world's prosperity is discussed through actual cases, and nested in innovative theories of business,...
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This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making.
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Outlining important policy requirements for Bangladesh to become an upper middle-income country, the book presents research work conducted during the project “Changing Labor Markets in Bangladesh: Understanding Dynamics in Relation to Economic Growth and Poverty,” sponsored by the...
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, Korea, South Africa, Tanzania, Turkey, and the United States. Each chapter provides a substantial introduction to the … Africa -- 9. Women and the Urban Economy in India -- 10. The Challenge of “Indirect Care” -- 11. Caregiving by Older Adults … Balance: Housework in the Presence of Children in the United States -- 14. How Do Caregiving Responsibilities Shape the Time …
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With female migrants dominating low paid and ever-expanding domestic work worldwide, this book brings together the voices of 120 migrating women from 28 different nations and 10 different religious affiliations. Together they tell how patriarchal and religious gender codes in the family and at...
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"Ein wichtiger Aspekt für die Erhaltung und Steigerung der Lebensqualität ist das Balancieren grundlegender Bereiche des täglichen Lebens, zu denen neben der Erwerbsarbeit auch Partnerschaft, Familie, Hobbys, gemeinnützige Arbeit und die Gesundheit gehören. Zusammengefasst wird dies in dem...
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The book evaluates alternative policy options for the African countries to overcome the food crisis and the changing structure of world trade to sustain their impressive growth of the early 2000s.These policies must go beyond economic reforms and seek a solution to the entrenched political...
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Rural poverty remains widespread and persistent in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. A group of leading experts … critically examines the impact of land tenure reforms on poverty reduction and natural resource management in countries in Africa …
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makers need to address in their attempts to provide affordable housing for the majority in need. With Africa’s urban … alleviate Africa’s housing deficit. This work will be of particular interest to practitioners, non-governmental organizations …1. Introduction -- 2. The Housing Sector in Africa: Setting the Scene: The Political Economy -- 3. Housing Finance in …
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