Informal Labour Markets And Development - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1403987556 ISBN 13: 9781403987556

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

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This book presents significant new research on the informal labour markets of developing countries. Examining the critical role of informal labour markets in allowing countries to adjust successfully to the forces of globalization, this volume also brings to the fore a number of problems associated with the expansion of informal employment.

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CHRISTOPHER ADAM Reader in Development Economics, University of Oxford, UKJOÃN PEDRO W. DE AZEVEDO Research Associate, Brazilian Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), BrazilINDRANEEL DASGUPTA Reader, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, UKRALITZA DIMOVA Lecturer, Economics and Finance Department, Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UKABIODUN O. FOLAWEWO Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, JamaicaIRA N. GANG Professor of Economics, Rutgers University, USAMICHAEL GRIMM Professor of Economics, University of Göttingen, GermanyISABEL GÜNTHER Research Fellow and Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Göttingen, GermanyJOHN S. LANDON-LANE Assistant Professor of Economics, Rutgers University, USADUBYENDU S. MAITI Research Officer, Reserve Bank of India Endowment, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, IndiaSUGATA MARJIT Reserve Bank of India Professor, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, India and Professor of Economics, City University, Hong KongARUP MITRA Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, India and Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, JapanSAM O. OLOFIN Professor of Economics and Director, Centre for Econometric and Allied Research (CEAR), University of Ibadan, NigeriaANUSHREE SINHA Senior Fellow and Chief Economist, NCAER, IndiaEDUARDO SOJO Co-ordinator, Cabinet for Economic and Social Areas, President of Mexico and Head, Office for Public Policies, Presidential Office, MexicoTULUS TAMBUNAN Lecturer and Researcher, Faculty of Economics, University of Trisakti, IndonesiaROBERTO VILLARREAL Head of Unit for Social and Regional Policies, Office for Public Policies, Presidential Office, MexicoGUANGHUA WAN Senior Research Fellow and Programme and Project Director, UNU-WIDER, FinlandYUCHUN ZHU Associate Professor, College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, China

BASUDEB GUHA-KHASNOBIS is a Research Fellow and Project Director at UNU-WIDER, Finland. Previous appointments include IGIDR (Mumbai), the EXIM Bank of India (Bangalore), ICRIER (New Delhi), and as a research consultant for several international organizations. He is the editor of The WTO, Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda.

RAVI KANBUR is T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, USA, and previously Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, UK, and Chief Economist for Africa at the World Bank.

CHRISTOPHER ADAM Reader in Development Economics, University of Oxford, UK JOÃN PEDRO W. DE AZEVEDO Research Associate, Brazilian Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil INDRANEEL DASGUPTA Reader, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, UK RALITZA DIMOVA Lecturer, Economics and Finance Department, Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UK ABIODUN O. FOLAWEWO Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Jamaica IRA N. GANG Professor of Economics, Rutgers University, USA MICHAEL GRIMM Professor of Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany ISABEL GÜNTHER Research Fellow and Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany JOHN S. LANDON-LANE Assistant Professor of Economics, Rutgers University, USA DUBYENDU S. MAITI Research Officer, Reserve Bank of India Endowment, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, India SUGATA MARJIT Reserve Bank of India Professor, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, India and Professor of Economics, City University, Hong Kong ARUP MITRA Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, India and Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan SAM O. OLOFIN Professor of Economics and Director, Centre for Econometric and Allied Research (CEAR), University of Ibadan, Nigeria ANUSHREE SINHA Senior Fellow and Chief Economist, NCAER, India EDUARDO SOJO Co-ordinator, Cabinet for Economic and Social Areas, President of Mexico and Head, Office for Public Policies, Presidential Office, Mexico TULUS TAMBUNAN Lecturer and Researcher, Faculty of Economics, University of Trisakti, Indonesia ROBERTO VILLARREAL Head of Unit for Social and Regional Policies, Office for Public Policies, Presidential Office, Mexico GUANGHUA WAN Senior Research Fellow and Programme and Project Director, UNU-WIDER, Finland YUCHUN ZHU Associate Professor, College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, China

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1403987556
• ISBN 13: 9781403987556
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 265
• Redattore: Guha-Khasnobis Basudeb, Kanbur Ravi
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