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Author Oya, Carlos

Title Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries : Theory, Evidence, and Policy
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (387 pages)
Series Routledge ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods
Routledge ISS studies in rural livelihoods.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction: understanding rural wage employment in developing countries; 1 Introduction; 2 Putting employment back into the poverty reduction policy debates; 3 The challenge of capturing rural wage labour in developing countries: invisible wage workers?; 4 Rethinking theory: towards a political economy of rural labour markets in poorer countries; 5 Key features of rural labour markets and contemporary struggles of rural labour
6 Concluding remarks2 Rural labour markets and agricultural wage employment in semi-arid Africa: evidence from Senegal and Mauritania; 1 Introduction; 2 History and methodology: an account of the neglect of rural wage employment in Senegal and Mauritania; 3 Emerging evidence about the significance and the types of wage labour relations in rural areas; 4 Key aspects of rural wage employment in Senegal and Mauritania; 5 Concluding remarks; 3 Lifting the blinkers: a new view of power, diversity, and poverty in Mozambican rural labour markets; 1 Introduction; 2 Survey rationale and methodology
3 Variations in methods of pay: monthly, daily, and piece-work pay4 Variations in rates of pay for agricultural work; 5 Variations in payment rates for non-agricultural work; 6 A classification of jobs and payment methods; 7 The political economy of labour control; 8 Some characteristics of the poorest workers and their labour market prospects; 9 Conclusion; 4 Caught in the grip of the market: past and present of rural wage workers in South Africa; 1 Introduction; 2 A history of violence: the formation of the rural proletariat in South Africa
3 Post-apartheid policy and invisibility of rural wage workers in South Africa4 From violence to economic coercion: the case of forestry; 5 Conclusion; 5 Disguised employment? Labour market surveys, migration and rural employment in Southern Africa; 1 Introduction; 2 Labour market and household surveys in Southern Africa; 3 Limitations of surveys in assessing employment and migration; 4 The changing context of migration and employment; 5 Alternative surveys of agricultural migrant employment; 6 Conclusions
6 Tanzania's rural labour markets: the missing link between development and poverty reduction1 Introduction; 2 Taking stock: conventional wisdom on rural labour markets in Tanzania; 3 An alternative method; 4 Revealing the true extent of labour market relations in rural Tanzania: a case study of the West Usambara Mountains; 5 Policy conclusions for poverty reduction and rural development; 7 The policy neglect of rural wage employment: the cases of Rwanda and Ethiopia; 1 Introduction; 2 Who are the poorest? Conflicting evidence on rural poverty
Summary There is a striking scarcity of work conducted on rural labour markets in the developing world, particularly in Africa. This book aims to fill this gap by bringing together a group of contributors who boast substantial field experience researching rural wage employment in various developing countries. It provides critical perspectives on mainstream approaches to rural/agrarian development, and analysis of agrarian change and rural transformations from a long-term perspective. This book challenges the notion that rural areas in low- and middle-income countries are dominated by self-employment. I
Notes 3 People working for other people: key characteristics and sources of vulnerability
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Subject Labor market -- Developing countries
Manpower policy, Rural -- Developing countries
Rural development -- Developing countries
Form Electronic book
Author Pontara, Nicola
ISBN 9781317562917
1317562917