1st Edition
Informal Women Workers in the Global South Policies and Practices for the Formalisation of Women's Employment in Developing Economies
Chapter 1: Introduction: The gender implications of formalising informal activities
Jayati Ghosh
Chapter 2: Insecurity of women workers and the chimera of formality in India
C.P. Chandrasekhar, Jayati Ghosh, Nancy Yadav and Shreya Sharma
Chapter 3: Growing informality and women’s work in South Africa
Hameda Deedat
Chapter 4: Does Formalisation Improve Women’s Work Conditions? A Review of the Regulatory Regime for Contract Farming and Domestic Trade in Ghana
Dzodzi Tsikata and Promise Eweh
Chapter 5: Striving for Formalization: Gender and Youth Aspects of Informal Employment in Morocco
Mouna Cherkaoui and Taoufik Benkaraach
Chapter 6: The socio-economic complexities of formalisation of women’s employment in Thailand
Jessica Vechbanyongratana, Yong Yoon, Warn Nuarpear Lekfuangfu and Peera Tangtammaruk
Index
Biography
Jayati Ghosh is Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA. She was previously Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She has taught and researched for over three decades in areas of development economics, international economics, gender and macroeconomics. She has won several national and international awards for her research and advised governments at different levels, international organisations and social activist groups on economic policy
