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Seen, heard and counted : rethinking care in a development context /

Contributors analyze the care economy in the developing world, at a moment when existing systems are under strain and new ideas are coming into focus. Offers the first global, regionally diverse study of the "invisible economy" of care, including case studies from diverse regional contexts...

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Other Authors: Razavi, Shahra
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, [2012]
Series:Wiley Online Library.
Subjects:
Caregivers > Developing countries.
Child care > Developing countries.
Family policy > Developing countries.
Sexual division of labor > Developing countries.
Work and family > Developing countries.
Working mothers > Developing countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
Developing countries > Social policy.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Contributors analyze the care economy in the developing world, at a moment when existing systems are under strain and new ideas are coming into focus. Offers the first global, regionally diverse study of the "invisible economy" of care, including case studies from diverse regional contexts of Africa, Asia and Latin America - Frames the debate on care and highlights policy experimentation and ideas currently in flux - Includes new research and data on developing countries, showing how, where care options for the socially disadvantaged are limited, failing to socialize the costs of care exacerbates ...
Item Description:"Originally published as Volume 42, Issue 4 of Development and Change."
Electronic resource.
Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:1118297261 (electronic bk.)
1118297296 (electronic bk.)
9781118297261 (electronic bk.)
9781118297292 (electronic bk.)
DOI:10.1002/9781118297261