1. WIEGO
  2. Publications & Resources
  3. Do Rights Work? Law, Activism, and the Employment Guarantee Scheme

Do Rights Work? Law, Activism, and the Employment Guarantee Scheme

By:
Anuradha Joshi
Date:
  • Article Title: Do Rights Work? Law, Activism, and the Employment Guarantee Scheme
  • Title of Journal: World Development
  • Vol #: 38
  • Issue #: 4

Analyzes whether enshrining employment as a right has a substantive effect on access to employment in India.

Go to publication
Informal Economy Theme
Law
Informal Economy Topic
Global Advocacy
Region
East Asia & Southeast Asia
India
Language
English
Publication Type
Journal Articles

Related Pages

International Women’s Day 2022
Empowering Domestic Workers: Community Paralegals Project
COVID-19 Laws and Informal Workers
Contested Urban Spaces: Urbanization, Law and Informal Work
“We moved mountains”: 7 winning strategies that influenced the ILC agenda

Related Publications

WIEGO Annual Reports
2022-2023 WIEGO Annual Report
By
WIEGO
WIEGO Briefs
Registration: Key Concepts, Approaches and Strategies to Include Informal Workers
By
Cyrus Afshar
WIEGO Briefs
‘Whose Law? Our Law!’: Critical Reflections on Legalization, Social Dialogue and Street Vendors’ Organizing in São Paulo
By
Mariana Prandini Assis
WIEGO Briefs
Challenges and strategies to increase social protection financing for workers in informal employment
By
Cyrus Afshar
WIEGO Briefs
Waste Pickers and Human Rights in Latin America
By
Tania Espinosa Sánchez
View all publications

Related Blog Posts

Registering Informal Workers in India: e-Shram, an Opportunity Lost?
By
Shalini Sinha, Shalaka
Statistics as a Catalyst for Making Women Workers Visible
By
WIEGO
Challenging the Boundaries of Labour Law at the Labour Law Research Network Conference
By
Marlese von Broembsen
Improving the Visibility of the Philippines' Informal Workforce
By
WIEGO Blog
African Domestic Workers Fighting for Rights and Reclaiming Power
By
Pamhidzai H. Bamu
Visit the WIEGO Blog