Framework to analyse cause and response to inequities in the indentured labour diaspora
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Research on the CARE framework
Gounder, F. (2021). Cause and Response to Inequalities in the Indentured Labour Diaspora. A framework for analysis. Indenture Papers, 1, 149.
Gounder, F. (2020). Cause and Response to Inequalities in the Indentured Labour Diaspora. UNESCO’s Aapravasi Ghat Trust Fund Magazine, 5, 43-45.