Gary S Fields

Gebundenes Buch

Working Hard, Working Poor

A Global Journey

Beschreibung

More than three billion people in the world live on less than two-and-a-half U.S. dollars per person per day. In this book, Gary Fields explains how the poor work, how they have improved their self-employment earning opportunities, how poor-country governments can stimulate more inclusive economic growth, and how they can be aided.

Autor

Gary S. Fields is John P. Windmuller Professor of International and Comparative Labor at Cornell University. He has published more than 100 articles and books and is the recipient of numerous grants from international organizations including the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Labor Organization, and others. Earlier in his career, he was named one of the 25 most widely-cited economists under the age of 40, and his book Retirement, Pensions, and Social Security (MIT Press) was designated an outstanding book of the year by Princeton University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780199794645
• ISBN-10: 0199794642
• Artikelnr.: 33606122