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Social protection in the informal economy: home-based women workers and outsourced manufacturing in Asia
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2002
This paper draws on surveys carried out in five Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, and Philippines) where home-based work (HBW) is widespread. It examines characteristics of home workers and, in particular, conditions of women as home workers.
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Inclusion and exclusion in South Asia: the role of religion
Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2004
This paper, presented for the 2004 Human Development Report, argues that the building of inclusive societies requires the secularity of states. All other forms of state are exclusionary, particularly theocracies.
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A quantitative assessment of social exclusion in Pakistan
Oxford Policy Management, 2005
This briefing note aims to quantify the relationship between social exclusion and poverty in Pakistan. It offers a quantitative description and analysis of social exclusion in Pakistan through a literature review of all forms of exclusion and the analysis of datasets with information on socially excluded groups.
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The goal of workers’ welfare and policy challenges
Strengthening Participatory Organization, Pakistan, 2003
Pakistan’s recent Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) has been criticised for failing to mention any policies for redundant industrial labour.