The informal economy is vertically stratified. The concept has sufficient flexibility and content to provide a suitable framework of anlaysis for the non-format sector. It is an imperative segment of the labour market in many developing and transition cou 1st ed. viii+168p., Tables; References; Appendices; Index; 22cm.

The concept of sustainability should not be restricted to covering simply sustainable use of natural environment for human purposes, rather should also comprise of a broader perspective on keeping up natural balances. These considerations affect the desig 1st ed. vii+304p., Figures; References; Tables; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.

Women in general relative to men face unequal hiring standards, unequal opportunities for training, unequal pay for equal work, unequal access to productive resources, segregation and concentration in female sectors and occupations, different physical and 1st ed. viii+200p., Tables; Figures.

Gender is a development issue because social considerations are not easily incorporated into institutions such as policies, regulations, markets and organizations. This process is often referred to as the mainstreaming of gender in development institution 1st ed. x+326p., Tables.

Informal sector is an important feature of the most of the developing nations of Africa, Latin America and Asia. Women constitute a bulk in the large informal sector of the developing world. Naturally, they represent the bulk of the informal-sector labour 1st ed. vii+175p., Tables; Notes; References; Appendices; Bibliography; 23cm.

While the globalization process is a multifarious and multidimensional phenomenon, some of its most discernible and prominent aspects are economic in character. The world economy has become more unequal and integrated globally. That inequality is characte 1st ed. viii+460p., Tables.