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    Relations of Production and Modes of Surplus Extraction in India: Part II – ‘Informal’ Industry

    This paper uses aggregate-level data, as well as case-studies, to trace the evolution of some key structural features of the Indian economy,...

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  • Research Reports

    The Urban Informal Workforce: Home-Based Workers

    These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

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    Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Trabalhadoras e Trabalhadores Domiciliares em Bangcoc, na Tailândia

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  • Research Reports

    Urban Poverty in India and Post-MDG Framework

    Oxfam India working papers series, no. 17

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    Employment Vulnerability in the Urban Labour Market in India-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics

    This study deals with the issue of employment vulnerability in the urban labour market in India. Vulnerability in the labour market has been...

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    Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing

    The vast informal sector in India affects everything from poverty to growth. This column presents new facts on how Indian job growth in manufacturing...

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    Growth in GVA of Indian ManufacturingEconomic and Political Weekly

    Two comments on “Growth in Gross Value Added of Indian Manufacturing: 2011-12 Series vs 2004-05 Series” (EPW, 23 May 2015) question...

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    Waste Pickers Lead the Way to Zero Waste

    This is a case study, published by GAIA, about waste pickers in Pune, India.

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    Informality and the state’s ambivalence in the regulation of street vending in transforming Guangzhou, ChinaGeoforum

    Street vending faces uncertain state responses in contemporary Chinese cities, though it plays an important role in sustaining the livelihood...

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    Resistance and Compliance in the Age of Globalization: Indian Women and Labor Organizations

    Abstract: This article summarizes findings obtained through ethnographic research conducted in three states in India between 2002 and 2004....

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