Asian Informal Workers: Global Risks Local Protection

by Santosh Mehrotra and Mario Biggeri

Book Overview

This thoroughly researched volume surveys the nature and extent of 'informal' work in Asia, which is a powerful and under-studied force in the region.

After over half a century of development, even in the fast growing economies of Asia, the formal sector, and industrial jobs have grown rather slowly, and most non-agricultural employment growth has occurred in the informal economy. At the same time as this, there has been a feminization of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415545498
• ISBN13: 9780415545495
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"