Unpaid work and the economy: gender, time-use and poverty in developing countries

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. INDICE: Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors - List of Abbreviations and Acronyms - Preface - Unpaid Work and the Economy - Understanding Poverty: Insights Emerging from the Time-Use of the Poor - Gender Inequalities in Allocating Time to Paid and Unpaid Work: Evidence from Bolivia - Unpaid Work, Poverty and Unemployment: A Gender Perspective from South Africa - Unpaid HIV/AIDS Care, Gender and Poverty: Exploring the Links - Public Investment and Unpaid Work in India: Selective Evidence from Time-Use Data - Macroeconomics, Unpaid Work and Unemployment: Engendering Public Job Creation - Lessons from the BuenosAires Time Use Survey: A Methodological Assessment - Issues in Time-Use Measurement and Valuation: Lessons from African Experience on Technical and Analytical Issues - Removing the Cloak of Invisibility: Integrating Unpaid Household Services in National Economic Accountsb The Philippines Experience - Time-Use Surveys in Developing Countries: An Assessment - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-21730-0
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 368
• Fecha Publicación: 18/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés