It has proved hard to find evidence of a stable and important role for FDI promoting economic growth and helping poor countries catch up to rich ones.
Women in paid work from low income families are engaged in poorly paid, precarious employment, even as they are overburdened with unpaid care work responsibilities.
Goal 5 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) includes recognizing and valuing unpaid care and domestic work.
This project seeks to examine the links between women's economic empowerment, women's paid work, and their unpaid care responsibilities.
Indicators have become a powerful technology of global governance that not only regulate and distribute resources, but also challenge pre-established understandings of international law.