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  • Wage Dynamics in Africa

    Achievements and Challenges

    Series series History (R0)
    This book addresses the long understudied topic of wage issues in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It offers an overview of wage issues in Africa, examines income inequalities, wages and causality, as well as wage determinants such as shocks, representations, and earning strategies. It also examines gender issues in the labour market.The book consists of 14 ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • The Crises of Microcredit

    Microcredit programmes, long considered efficient development tools, now face unprecedented crises in a number of countries. Is this the end of microcredit or rather an essential step in its expansion? Should we stop microcredit altogether or rethink the way it is implemented?Drawing on extensive empirical research conducted in various parts of the world - from Morocco to Senegal to India - this ... Leer más

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  • Sénégal, le travail dans tous ses états

    Series series Économie, gestion et société
    Au Sénégal, les uns réclament des emplois, avec tout ce que cela peut supposer comme sécurité en termes de régularité des revenus et de protection sociale. Les autres, plus modestes, veulent tout simplement un travail qui leur permette de vivre décemment, de payer la scolarité des enfants, d’accéder à des soins de santé de qualité, de participer dignement aux dépenses du foyer. Travail et emploi ... Leer más

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  • Welcome to the Bangkok Slaughterhouse

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  • Favela

    Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro

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  • Divided

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