Commonwealth Secretariat Mainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction: A handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders (New Gender Mainstreaming Series on Development Issues)

Product Description Liberally scattered with practical examples, this book provides a convincing case for an increased emphasis on informal employment and gender in poverty reduction strategies. It sets out a strategic framework that presents important guidelines for policy-makers seeking to follow this approach. About the Author Martha Alter Chen is a gender and development specialist and a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Joann Vanek is a sociologist who specialises in social and gender statistics and worked many years in the United Nations Statistics Division in New York. Marilyn Carr is a development economist and a Research Associate at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK.