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Dimensions of resilience in developing countries :

3030040763

9783030040765

3030040755

9783030040758

Dimensions of resilience in developing countries :

[Book]

informality, solidarities and carework /

Jacques Charmes.

Cham, Switzerland :

Springer,

[2019]

1 online resource

Demographic transformation and socio-economic development ;

volume 10

Changes over Time in Time Spent in Unpaid Care Work as Markers of Resilience

Includes bibliographical references.

Intro; Contents; Acronyms; List of Charts; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Chapter 1: Introduction; Informality; Solidarities; Unpaid Care Work; References; Part I: Informality; Chapter 2: A Brief History of 50 Years of Conceptualisation and Measurement of the Informal Economy; Theories and Concepts; Statistical Definitions; The Underground, Shadow, Illegal, Parallel, Non-observed Economy and How It Is Captured or Estimated Through Modelling; Surveys and Data Collection in a Historical Perspective; Indirect Methods; Direct Survey Methods; Sources of Data; Conclusion; Annex; References

Chapter 3: Trends and Characteristics of the Informal Economy and Its ComponentsIntroduction; Trends in Employment; Characteristics of the Informal Economy; Pluri-Activity, Multiple Jobs, Secondary Activities and Employment in the Informal Economy; Contribution of the Informal Economy to GDP; Conclusion; Annex; References; Chapter 4: Policies and Actions Addressing Populations Depending on the Informal Economy; Introduction; Taxing the Informal Activities; Upgrading the Informal Activities Within the Value Chain; Organising the Populations Dependent on the Informal Economy

Measurement, Sources and MethodsVulnerability and Shocks; Traditional Solidarities; Magnitude, Trends and Characteristics of Transfers from Household to Household in Sub-Saharan Africa; The Relative Share of Transfers in Households' Income; Trends in the Share of Transfers in Total Household Income; Salient Features of Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa; Conclusion; References; Part III: Unpaid Care Work; Chapter 6: Definition and Measurement of Work and Unpaid Care Work; Introduction; Definition of Work and Current Debates on the Concept

Organising Is Key for FinancingMain Pillars of Policies Designed to Tackle the Informal Economy: Social Protection, Skills Enhancement and Financing; Social Protection; Technical and Vocational Skills Enhancement; Apprenticeship; Micro-finance; New Actors and Financialisation of Micro-finance; The Search for Profit Has Progressively Taken Precedence over the Solidarity Motivation; Extension of Micro-finance and Potential for Growth; Conclusion; References; Part II: Solidarities; Chapter 5: Community, Individualism and Social Capital, the Political Economy of Transfers; Introduction

The Restricted and the Extensive Definition of Work and Economic Activity in the 1993 and 2008 System of National AccountsReasons for Exclusion of Domestic and Personal Services for Own Consumption and Discussion of the Arguments; The Concept of Care Work or Care Economy; Conclusion: Services for Own Final Use and Volunteer Work as Components of the Care Economy; References; Chapter 7: Unpaid Care Work Across the World as Measured by Time-Use Surveys; Introduction; Sources and Indicators; Sources; Indicators; Paid and Unpaid Care Work Across the World

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This book provides the latest empirical data on the three forms of resilience: informality, solidarities and unpaid care-work. It uncovers and quantifies these three forms of resilience that are generally invisible or ill recognised, whereas these play a major role in the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable populations. The book shows how the slow but constant unveiling of these forms over the past four decades has gradually changed our vision of progress and development and is impacting the norms and concepts that shape our vision of the economy and society. The book also emphasizes the role of informal economy through explaining the origins of the concept, its definitions and the methods of data collection and measurement. As such the book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers in population studies, economics, and international development.

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Dimensions of resilience in developing countries.

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