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Small hands in South Asia : child labour in perspective / edited by G.K. Lieten, Ravi Srivastava, and Sukhadeo Thorat.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2004.Description: 341 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 8173045313
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.31 LIE
Contents:
1.Child labour in South Asia: an account of numbers. G. K. Lieten -- 2.Child labour, poverty, and gender bias in edcation in South Asia: human capital or human rights? D. P. Chaudhri, Chris Nyland and A. O\'Rourke -- 3.Magnitude, determinants, and activities of child labour in rural india. Sukhadeo Thorat and Nidhi Sadhana -- 4.Child laobur, educaiton, fertility, and survival: an analysis of linkages in rural india. Alessandro Cigno and Furio C. Rosati -- 5.Child labour in India: nature and policy options. Rajeev Malhotra, Arvinder S. Sachdeva and S. V. Ramana Murthy -- 6.Child labour: economic gain or social cost? Sandhya Barge, Richard Anker and M. E. Khan -- 7.Workers and entrepreneurs in the Sivakasi match industry. Per Hilding -- 8.Intergenerational transfer of poverty: child labour in home-based manufacturing in India and Pakistan. Santosh Mehotra and Mario Biggeri -- 9.State-sponsored interventions in India. Uday Kumar Varma.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Child labour in South Asia: an account of numbers. G. K. Lieten -- 2.Child labour, poverty, and gender bias in edcation in South Asia: human capital or human rights? D. P. Chaudhri, Chris Nyland and A. O\'Rourke -- 3.Magnitude, determinants, and activities of child labour in rural india. Sukhadeo Thorat and Nidhi Sadhana -- 4.Child laobur, educaiton, fertility, and survival: an analysis of linkages in rural india. Alessandro Cigno and Furio C. Rosati -- 5.Child labour in India: nature and policy options. Rajeev Malhotra, Arvinder S. Sachdeva and S. V. Ramana Murthy -- 6.Child labour: economic gain or social cost? Sandhya Barge, Richard Anker and M. E. Khan -- 7.Workers and entrepreneurs in the Sivakasi match industry. Per Hilding -- 8.Intergenerational transfer of poverty: child labour in home-based manufacturing in India and Pakistan. Santosh Mehotra and Mario Biggeri -- 9.State-sponsored interventions in India. Uday Kumar Varma.

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