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Globalization and Securing Worker Rights for Women in Developing Countries

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Jeemol Unni
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The paper reviews the impact of Globalization on developing economies workers in informal economy and gender implications on the process. Globalization created some insecurity for the workers in informal sector especially in developing countries. The study focuses especially on women workers and their rights because they are doubly burdened by the process. The paper also deals with self-employed independent producers and service workers, self employed street vendors and dependent producers. [WP No. 132].

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Keywords: Rights; Trade; Gender; Core labour standards; women; developing countries;

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  1. Grown, Caren & Elson, Diane & Cagatay, Nilufer, 2000. "Introduction," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 28(7), pages 1145-1156, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Erturk, Korkut & Darity, William Jr., 2000. "Secular Changes in the Gender Composition of Employment and Growth Dynamics in the North and the South," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 28(7), pages 1231-1238, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Drusilla K. Brown, 2000. "International Trade and Core Labour Standards: A Survey of the Recent Literature," OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers 43, OECD, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. [Downloadable!]
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