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Hazardous home-based sub-contracted work : a study of multiple tiered exploitation / Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Saba Gul Khattak and Sajid Kazmi.
Lippincott Library HD2336.P4 K55 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khan, Shahrukh Rafi.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Home labor--Pakistan.
- Home labor.
- Child labor--Pakistan.
- Child labor.
- Exploitation.
- Subcontracting.
- Industrial safety.
- Pakistan.
- Physical Description:
- x, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- This book investigates various dimensions of exploitation of sub-contracted home-based workers engaged in hazard work. It explores the exploitation of children, particularly girls, and women in the chain. There is a particular focus on the negative health impacts of such work and on public policies that can bring about a positive change.
- Notes:
- "Sustainable Development Policy Institute".
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195978382
- OCLC:
- 59003239
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