Veiled Employment: Islamism and the Political Economy of Women’s Employment in Iran

Acronyms and Abbreviations

xxi Acronyms and Abbreviations BWA Bureau of Women’s Affairs CAWTAR Center for Teaching and Research on Arab Women CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women CIDA Canadian Development Agency CPS Current Population Survey CWP Center for Women’s Participation ESCAPPRM Economic and Social Commission for Asia/ Pacific Poverty Reduction Method FPA Family Planning Association GDP gross domestic product GNP gross national product HDI human development index HEIS Household Expenditure and Income Survey ID index of dissimilarity IDC International Development Committee IDRC International Development Research Centre IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IGA income-generating activity IKRF Imam Khomeini’s Relief Foundation ILO International Labor Organization IMF International Monetary Fund IPPF International Planned Parenthood Federation IRR Iranian rial [International Organization for Standardization] ISI import substitution industrialization KILM Key Indicators of the Labor Market LFP labor force participation xxii • Acronyms and Abbreviations MENA Middle East and North Africa MP Member of Parliament NGO nongovernmental organization NIC newly industrialized countries NIE New Institutional Economics OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PUMS Public Use Micro Sample SAP Structural Adjustment Program SAPAP South Asian Poverty Alleviation Program SCI Statistical Center of Iran SECH Socio-economic Characteristics of Households SEWA Self-Employed Women’s Association SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada SSRC Social Science Research Council UNDP United Nations Development Program USD US dollars [International Organization for Standardization] WIEGO Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing WO Welfare Organization WOI Women’s Organization of Iran Veiled Employment ...