“Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights: Why They Matter for Business”. 2014. Keynote address. Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights in ASEAN, ASEAN Publication.
“Global Financial Crisis and Economic and Social Challenges for Asia and the Pacific”. 2013. In: Wei-Jun Jean Yeung & Mui Teng Yap eds. Economic Stress, Human Capital, and Families in Asia: Research and Policy Challenges. Dordrecht: Springer.
“Social Protection and Inclusive Growth in Asia and the Pacific”. Keynote address. 2010. In: Sri Wening Handayani ed. Enhancing Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific. Asian Development Bank.
UNIFEM responds to the Tsunami Tragedy. 2005. UNIFEM
Globalization, Gender Equality and State Modernization. 2001. Third World Network, Malaysia.
Gender, Population, and Environment in the Context of Deforestation: a Malaysian Case Study. 1996. The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and Asian and Pacific Development Centre.
A Commitment to the World’s Women: Perspectives on Development for Beijing and Beyond. 1996. With Sushma Kapoor, and Joanne Sandler. UNIFEM, New York.
The Balancing Act: Population, Development and Women in an Era of Globalization. 1996.The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago and New Delhi.
A Women’s Development Agenda for the 21st Century. 1995. UNIFEM, New York.
Gender Economic Growth and Poverty: Market Growth and State Planning in Asia and the Pacific. 1994. With Gita Sen.1994. Kali for women, India and International Books, Netherlands.
The Trade in Domestic Workers: Causes, Mechanisms and Consequences of International Migration. 1994. With Geertje Lycklama A’Nieholt, and Nedra Werakoon. Zed Books, London.
Women Farmers and Rural Change in Asia: towards equal access and participation. 1987. Asian and Pacific Development Centre (ADPC), Kuala Lumpur.
Working Women in South-East Asia: Development, Subordination and Emancipation. 1986. Open University Press, London.
Daughters in industry : work, skills, and consciousness of women workers in Asia. 1985. Asian and Pacific Development Centre (ADPC) , Kuala Lumpur.
Missing women: Development Planning in Asia and the Pacific. 1985. Asian and Pacific Development Centre (ADPC), Kuala Lumpur.
“From Rural Subsistence to an Industrial Peripheral Work Force: An Examination of Female Malaysian Migrants and Capital Accumulation in Singapore,” in Women and Development, edited by Lourdes Beneria. 1982. Praeger, New York.