Offers the first global, regionally diverse study of the "invisible economy" of care, including case studies from diverse regional contexts of Africa, Asia and Latin America

Frames the debate on care and highlights policy experimentation and ideas currently in flux 

Includes new research and data on developing countries, showing how, where care options for the socially disadvantaged are limited, failing to socialize the costs of care exacerbates existing inequalities

Comes at a moment when, if not yet marked by a generalized care crisis, the world's existing systems are under strain and in need of rethinking

Features introductory chapters that set out the conceptual framework and findings on individual country studies, and a concluding chapter that draws out the transnational dimensions of care