Informal Women Workers in the Global South

Arbeitnehmerin / Arbeitsbedingungen / Arbeitsmarktpolitik / Frau / Frauenarbeit / Ghana / Globaler Süden / Indien / Informelle Wirtschaft / Informeller Sektor / Marokko / Südafrika / Thailand / Weibliche Arbeitskräfte

Formalising employment is a desirable policy goal, but how it is done matters greatly, especially for women workers. Indeed, formalisation policies that do not recognise gendered realities and prevailing socio-economic conditions may be less effective and even counterproductive. This book examines the varying trajectories of formalisation and their impact on women workers in five developing countries in Asia and Africa: India, Thailand, South Africa, Ghana and Morocco. They range from low- to middle-income countries, which are integrated into global financial and goods markets to differing degrees and have varying labour market and macroeconomic conditions. The impact of formalisation policies on women in developing countries is relatively under-researched. This book provides new evidence that will be applicable across a wide range of developing country contexts and will be of interest to policymakers, feminist economists and students of economics, labour, gender and development studies, public policy, politics and sociology.