Dimensions of Resilience in Developing Countries

Table of Contents.- Introduction.- Part 1: Informality.- Chapter 1: History of a Concept.- Chapter 2: Concepts, Methodologies, Sources of Data.- Chapter 3: Trends and Characteristics of Informal Employment and its Components.- Chapter 4: Role of Informal Employment in Economic Development and Development Policies.- Part 2: Solidarities.- Chapter 5.- Community, Individualism and Social Capital.- Chapter 6: Concepts, Methodologies and Sources of Data.- Chapter 7: Transfers, Remittances and Care.- Chapter 8: Towards a Social Protection Floor for All.- Part 3: Women's Activities and Unpaid Work.- Chapter 9: Female Participation Rates to the Labour Force and to Informal Employment: Reasons for their Underestimation.- Chapter 10: The Extended Notion of Work and The Time-Use Surveys.- Chapter 11: Feminisation of Poverty, Time Poverty and Potential For Development.- Chapter 12: Towards Recognition of Women's Work and Women's Empowerment.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- General Index.... Mehr