Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 302 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Nubian women and the shadow economy / Anne M. Jennings -- Baggara women as market strategists / Barbara J. Michael -- Invisible survivors : women and diversity in the transitional economy of Yemen / Delores M. Walters -- The invisible economy, survival, and empowerment : five cases from Atbara, Sudan / Nada Mustafa M. Ali -- Urban Egyptian women in the informal health care sector / Marcia C. Inhorn -- Nest eggs of gold and beans : Baladi Egyptian women's invisible capital / Evelyn A. Early |
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Women, work, and the informal economy in rural Egypt / Barbara K. Larson -- Women and home-based microenterprises / Marie Butler -- "Invisible" work, work at home: the condition of Tunisian women / Sophie Ferchiou -- Women in the invisible economy in Tunis / Richard A. Lobban, Jr. -- The invisible economy at the edges of the Medina of Tunis / Isabelle Berry-Chikhaoui -- Marcel : straddling visible and invisible Lebanese economies / Suad Joseph -- Women in Cairo's (in)visible economy : linking local and national trends / Homa Hoodfar -- Engaging informality : women, work, and politics in Cairo / Diane Singerman |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Women -- Employment -- Arab countries
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Informal sector (Economics) -- Arab countries
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Informal sector (Economics)
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Women -- Employment
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Werkende vrouwen.
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Informele economie.
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Arab countries
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Arabische wereld.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock, 1927-2008.
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LC no. |
98012588 |
ISBN |
0813022916 |
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9780813022918 |
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0813015774 |
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9780813015774 |
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