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Women’s Livelihoods, Global Markets and Citizenship (Research Summary)

Published on 1 January 2009

This research analyses Project Shakti, a Hindustan Unilever Limited initiative (HUL), to answer questions on how the local marketing of goods, globally produced by multinational corporations (MNCs) affects rural women, their identities and their claims to rights. Does this economic model increase livelihood opportunities for the poor and hitherto excluded?

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IDS
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Thekkudan, J. and Tandon, R.
journal
IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper, issue 336

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