Meeting Basic Learning Needs in the Informal Sector: Integrating Education and Training for Decent Work, Empowerment and Citizenship (Hardcover, 2005)

Contents Book Series Scope Introduction by the Series Editors Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms Introduction -Madhu Singh Section 1: Cross-Cutting Themes:Schooling and Basic Skills: Training Programmes and Challenges in the Informal Sector: Latin America-Enrique Pieck Gochicoa.-Informal Learning and the Role of Social Movements -Bernd Overwien.-The Informal Sector: Non-Formal Education Settings for Working Children -Laila IskandarEgypt.-Institutional Support Structures and Modes of Skills Transmission-V. V. Krishna.-Gender and the Informal Economy in Latin America: New Challenges and Possible Answers for Labour Training Policies -Sara Silveira and Anaclara Matosas.-Trade Unions and Adult Learning for Women Construction Workers in the Informal Sector -Christine Nathan.-Section 2: Country Studies :Skills Formation for the Informal Sector in Bangladesh: A Strategic Framework-Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir.-Training and Skills Development for Decent Work in the Informal Sector: Case Studies from South India-Amit Mitra.-Education, Training and Skills Formation for Decent Work in the Informal Sector: Case Studies from Northern India-V. V. Krishna.-Educational Reform for Linking Skills Development -with Employment in Nepal-Poorna K. Adhikary.-Training in Modest Housing Construction for Those Who Need it Most: An Example from Nicaragua -Peter Gerasch and Arturo Duran.-Index of Names .-Index of Subjects .-Contributors .