Region: Asia & the Pacific

Analysing the Structural Change and Growth Relationship in IndiaEconomic and Political Weekly

Examining the link between structural change and growth in India, this study constructs indices of structural change, and performs a panel...

Street Vendors in the Urban EconomyIndia International Centre Quarterly

In most Indian cities the urban poor survive by working in the informal economy. Poverty and lack of gainful employment in the rural areas...

From Revanchism to Ambivalence: The Changing Politics of Street Vending in Guangzhou.Antipode

By focusing on Guangzhou’s street-vending policy transformation, this article explores how exclusionary practices of urban politics...

Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development

Special Issue on Unorganized WorkersThe Indian Journal of Industrial Relations

The informal economy has always existed in India, but it was seen neither as an important part of the economy, nor as a theoretical category...

Health Financing and Delivery in India: An Overview of Selected Schemes

This paper analyzes some of India’s most prominent heath insurance schemes from the perspective of poor informal women workers, a specific...

Dynamic networks of grassroots innovators in India

Abstract: ‘Grassroots innovations’ in India are receiving increasing attention from innovation scholars and policymakers alike. These innovations...

The struggle for outwork reform in the Australian clothing industryJournal of Australian Political Economy

Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank

Social Protection for Informal Workers in the Garment Industry: Philippines and Thailand