Description |
xviii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Nubian women and the shadow economy / Anne M. Jennings -- Baggara women as market strategists / Barbara J. Michael -- Invisible survivors : women and diversity in the transitional economy of Yemen / Delores M. Walters -- The invisible economy, survival, and empowerment : five cases from Atbara, Sudan / Nada Mustafa M. Ali -- Urban Egyptian women in the informal health care sector / Marcia C. Inhorn -- Nest eggs of gold and beans : Baladi Egyptian women's invisible capital / Evelyn A. Early -- Women, work, and the informal economy in rural Egypt / Barbara K. Larson -- Women and home-based microenterprises / Marie Butler -- "Invisible" work, work at home: the condition of Tunisian women / Sophie Ferchiou -- Women in the invisible economy in Tunis / Richard A. Lobban, Jr. -- The invisible economy at the edges of the Medina of Tunis / Isabelle Berry-Chikhaoui -- Marcel : straddling visible and invisible Lebanese economies / Suad Joseph -- Women in Cairo's (in)visible economy : linking local and national trends / Homa Hoodfar -- Engaging informality : women, work, and politics in Cairo / Diane Singerman. |
Subject |
Women -- Employment -- Arab countries.
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Women -- Employment. |
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Arab countries. |
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Informal sector (Economics) -- Arab countries.
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Informal sector (Economics) |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
Added Author |
Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock, 1927-2008.
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ISBN |
0813015774 alkaline paper |
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