Working hard, working poor : a global journey/
Gary S Fields
- New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2012
- 230 p.: ill.; 24 cm
How the poorer half works -- A life's journey -- A problem of enormous proportions -- Four workers' stories -- How the poor are working -- Labor markets in a globalized world -- Helping the poor earn their way out of poverty -- Setting objectives, facing tradeoffs -- Growth, trade, and aid -- Harnessing the energies of private companies -- Labor market policies for generating more wage employment -- Increasing self-employment earnings -- Taking action -- What can you do?.