Chains of fortune :  linking women producers and workers with global markets / 
[edited by Marilyn Carr]. 
 - viii, 220 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Introduction /  From tree-minders to global players : cocoa farmers in Ghana /  Tradition, trade and technology : virgin coconut oil in Samoa /  Cashing in on cashew nuts : women producers and factory workers in Mozambique /  National labour legislation in an informal context : women workers in export horticulture in South Africa /  Rags, riches and women workers : export-oriented garment manufacturing in Bangladesh /  On the threshold of informalization : women call centre workers in India /  The trade policy context /  Lessons learned /  Marilyn Carr --  Pauline Tiffin, Jacqui MacDonald, Haruna Maamah and Frema Osei-Opare --  John Cretney and Adimaimalaga Tafuna'i --  Nazneen Kanji, Carin Vijfhuizen, Carla Braga and Luis Artur --  Stephanie Barrientos, Andrienetta Kritzinger and Hester Rossouw --  Naila Kabeer and Simeen Mahmud --  Swasti Mitter, Grace Fernandez and Shaiby Varghese --  Sheila Page --  Marilyn Carr. 
<br/><br/> "This edited volume brings together six case studies. Three link local producers with global markets: a cocoa cooperative of 45,000 producers in Ghana who are co-owners of a chocolate company in the UK; family-based cooperatives in Samoa which produce organic virgin coconut oil for export; and small enterprises in Mozambique which are helping to regenerate the cashew processing and export industry. Three focus on improving the working conditions of the hundreds of thousands of wage workers in global value chains: those in the fruit exporting industry in South Africa; those in the garment export industry in Bangladesh; and those in the newly created call centres in India." "Each case study is written by a team of international and national researchers and aims to present decision makers with concrete examples which can spread the gains of globalization to the working poor through shifting the balance of access, power and returns within global value chains."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0850927986 9780850927986 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women--Employment--Developing countries--Case studies<br/>Women in development--Developing countries--Case studies<br/>Poor women--Developing countries--Case studies<br/>Sex discrimination in employment--Developing countries--Case studies<br/>Informal sector (Economics)--Developing countries--Case studies<br/>Globalization--Economic aspects--Developing countries--Case studies
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD6223  / .C43 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.42091724