Subcontracting: the push-pull factor / Radhika Balakrishnan and Asad Sayeed -- Subcontracted work and gender relations: the case of Pakistan / Saba Gul Khattak -- Women subcontracted workers in Sri Lanka / Swarna Jayaweera -- The view from below: impact of the financial crisis on subcontracted workers in the Philippines / Rosalinda Pineda Ofreneo, Joseph Y. Lim, Lourdes Abad Gula -- Subcontracted women workers in the garment industry in India / Jeemol Unni and Mamrata Bali.