Based on over a thousand interviews and survey data from more than 55,000 families spanning five continents, this work is an account of how the conditions of work threaten children, women and men, and the infirm. It addresses problems faced by working families in industrialized and developing...

Although globalization has created ample opportunities and spaces to share experiences and information, the diffusion of ideas, especially in global health, is primarily influenced by the unequal distribution of economic, political and scientific powers around the world. These ideas in global...