Working hard, working poor : a global journey / Gary S. Fields.

How the poorer half works
A life's journey
A problem of enormous proportions
Four workers' stories
How the poor are working
Labor markets in a globalized world
Helping the poor earn their way out of poverty
Setting objectives, facing tradeoffs
Growth, trade, and aid
Harnessing the energies of private companies
Labor market policies for generating more wage employment
Increasing self-employment earnings
Taking action
What can you do?