The World Bank estimates that more than 1.4 billion people worldwide live on less than $1.25 per day (that's the same as what you spend on a Sunday newspaper!), many of them living in rural areas of the developing world, and working in what is known as the "informal economy"-labor that goes unregulated unmonitored by government and legal institutions. As globalization opens markets and generates opportunities for developing nations, a key challenge is ensuring that the benefits reach these poor informal laborers, many of whom are women, working to support their children and families.