Asian informal workers : global risks, local protection / edited by Santosh Mehrotra and Mario Biggeri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biggeri, Mario.

Mehrotra, Santosh K.

Series:

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia (2005) ; 68.

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; 68

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home labor--Asia.

Home labor.

Home-based businesses--Asia.

Home-based businesses.

Globalization--Economic aspects--Asia.

Globalization.

Globalization--Social aspects--Asia.

Social security--Asia.

Social security.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Asia.

Physical Description:

xxx, 475 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Contents:

Part I A cross-country analysis of industrial outwork in Asia 1

1 The empirical context and a theoretical framework / Santosh Mehrotra, Mario Biggeri 3

1.1 Background: the informal economy and industrial outwork 6

1.2 Homework - a driver of poverty, or a trigger of human development? 13

1.3 The capabilities of homeworkers - a micro-level analysis of homeworker households 21

2 Research methodology / Santosh Mehrotra, Mario Biggeri 32

2.1 Research plan 33

2.2 Research methodology: instruments and data collection 34

2.3 Profile of selected sectors 39

Annex 2.1 Questionnaire guidelines for homeworkers (and control group) 44

3 Subcontracting and homework in the value chain / Santosh Mehrotra, Mario Biggeri 62

3.1 The value chain 64

3.2 Forms of insecurity of homeworkers in the value chain in the five Asian countries 67

4 Homeworkers / Santosh Mehrotra, Mario Biggeri 82

4.1 The social and economic profile of the households 83

4.2 Homeworkers a cross-country analysis 92

4.3 Health and economic issues related to women homeworkers: some empirical evidence for India and Pakistan 113

5 Child labour in homeworker households / Santosh Mehrotra, Mario Biggeri 123

5.1 Homeworker households and child labour 124

5.2 Understanding children's work in homeworker households 127

5.3 The determinants of children's work status and hours worked: an empirical analysis for India, Pakistan and Indonesia 154

Annex 5.1 Definition of child activities 164

Part II The Country Studies 171

6 Subcontracted homework in India: a case study of three sectors / Ratna M. Sudarshan, Shanta Venkataraman, Laveesh Bhandari 173

6.1 The informal sector and informal employment in India 175

6.2 Research method 176

6.3 Subcontracted manufacturing 179

6.4 Income and poverty in homework 188

6.5 The homeworker 191

6.6 Children in homework 196

6.7 From research to action 202

7 Hazardous subcontracted homework in Pakistan / Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Saba Gul Khattak, Sajid Kazmi 210

7.1 The informal sector in Pakistan 210

7.2 Homework in Pakistan 213

7.3 Research method 214

7.4 Homework sectors 218

7.5 Exploitation of homeworkers 225

7.6 The impact of homework: a quantitative analysis 229

7.7 Conclusions and policy recommendations 236

Annex 7.1 Description of homework environments in fieldwork reports 240

8 Women and children homeworkers in Indonesia / M. Oey-Gardiner, E. Suleeman, I. Tjandraningsih, W. Hartanto, H. Wijaya 250

8.1 Formal and informal in the Indonesian labour force 251

8.2 Research method 260

8.3 Sectors 262

8.4 Homeworkers in the sectors studied 270

8.5 Conclusions and policy recommendations 279

Annex 8.1 Case studies: homeworkers' earnings 282

Annex 8.2 Results from FGDs with children about the workplace 283

9 Subcontracted homework by women and children in the Philippines / R. Rosario Del Rosario, R. Pineda-Orreneo, Patamaba 290

9.1 The informal labour force and homeworkers 291

9.2 Research method 296

9.3 Homework sectors 297

9.4 Profile of homeworkers 304

10 Subcontracted homework in Thailand / Narumon Arunotai, Napat Gordon, Ratana Jarubenja, Nitaya Katleeradapan, Narong Petchprasert, Amara Pongsapich 322

10.1 Thailand's industrialisation process and the informal sector 323

10.2 The emergence of Home Based Work in Thailand - some features 324

10.3 Research method 329

10.4 Homework sectors 332

10.5 The socio-economic situation of homeworkers 340

10.6 Initiatives in favour of homeworkers 349

10.7 Conclusions and policy recommendations 350

Part III Policy implications 359

11 Upgrading informal micro-and small enterprises through clusters: towards a policy agenda / Santosh Mehrotra, Mario Biggeri 361

11.2 Informal activities, clusters and local systems of development 365

11.3 Clustering as a process of development: dirt roads, low roads and high roads 368

11.4 Empirical evidence on the potential of clusters 372

11.5 Policies to promote clusters of small enterprises and homeworkers' activities 381

Annex 11.1 International agencies' efforts at promoting clusters 394

12 Extending social insurance to informal wage workers / Santosh Mehrotra, Mario Biggeri 400

12.1 Understanding the historical evolution of social protection in rich countries and its relevance for Asian countries 402

12.2 Government and non-governmental initiatives for homeworkers in South and South East Asia 408

12.3 Implications of this study for social protection policy 413

Annex 12.1 ILO Convention on Home Work No. 177, Ratification of Relevant Conventions and Conventions 428

Annex 12.2 Ratification of ILO Conventions 438

Annex 12.3 Organisations for/of homeworkers 443

Annex 12.4 Main international voluntary certifications, corporate social responsibility (SA 8000) and the Global Compact initiative 445.

Notes:

Draws on surveys done in India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [453]-467) and index.

ISBN:

0415382750

9780415382755

0203966538

9780203966532

OCLC:

69021000