Cover page; Half title page; Marketing page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Women Labour Force Participation in Asia; 3 At the Threshold of Economic Empowerment; 4 Decline of Women's Labour Force Participation in India; 5 Declining Female Employment in India; 6 Women's Employment in Bangladesh; 7 Factors Holding Women Back from Market Work in Sri Lanka; 8 The Life-cycle of Women in the Labour Market in Cambodia; 9 Women's Employment in Indonesia.
10 Women and Men in China's Labour Market11 Mapping Out a Way Forward; About the Editors and Contributors; Index.
Summary
This book examines the drivers of, and barriers to, participation of women in the Asian labour market for its socio-economic development and structural transformation.
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