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			Books & Book ChaptersInformal Workers in Ahmedabad CityRead More
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			 Books & Book Chapters Books & Book ChaptersA Handbook on Using the Mixed Survey for Measuring Informal Employment and the Informal SectorThis Handbook is based on the experience of the the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in implementing a two -part “mixed “survey... Read More
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			City/Country Level ReportsEstimating the Number and Economic Contribution of Home-Based Garment Producers in AhmedabadNCAER Working Paper Series No. 75 Read More
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			Journal ArticlesNeglect of Sewage Workers: Concerns about the New ActThe Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013 does not give the same rights to those who manually... Read More
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			Journal ArticlesPlanning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur TownSolapur is a town in Maharashtra with a vibrant industrial legacy, yet fraught with spatial and socio-economic divisions in the contemporary... Read More
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			Research ReportsVendors and Informal Sector: A Case-Study of Street Vendors of Surat CityAbstract: Street vending is an important activity related to informal sector in urban areas. Majority of street vendors are illiterate or... Read More
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			Research ReportsPush or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation during India’s Economic BoomAbstract: In the past twenty years, India’s economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest-growing economies... Read More
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			Research ReportsSurveying Informalised Labour Conditions in India’s Organised Garment SectorDevelopment Viewpoint, No. 79 Read More
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			Journal ArticlesChina’s Neglected Informal Economy: Reality and TheoryModern ChinaAbstract: The informal economy—defined as workers who have no security of employment, receive few or no benefits, and are often unprotected... Read More
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			Journal ArticlesMeasuring Indian GrowthThe article offers some explanations for the large changes in growth rates in the rebased gross domestic product series, but argues that... Read More