India

The Self-Employed Women’s Association

Do Economic Reforms Influence Home-Based Work? Evidence From India

Organizing the ‘Unorganized’: Varieties of Transnational Trade Union Collaboration and Social Dialogue in Two Indian Cities

Special issue on labor in the global South

Providing Sustainable Livelihood For Women through Social Enterprise: Maid In IndiaThe Development Review

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Legal and Policy Tools to Meet Informal Workers Demands: Lessons from India

This brief draws on a two-year Indian study detailing how legal and policy tools have been used or can be used to address the diverse concerns...

Political Reservations and Women’s Entrepreneurship in India

Abstract: This paper quantifies the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India with...

On the Charts, Off the Tracks: Disconnected Development in Ambur Town, Tamil Nadu Economic and Political Weekly

This paper on Ambur town of Tamil Nadu, an important hub for leather goods production, catering primarily to an international market, explores...

Livelihoods for the Urban Poor: A Case Study of UMEED Programme in Ahmedabad

Abstract: Recent policies have given emphasis on eradication of poverty, both economic and of opportunities and living conditions. However,...

Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study

This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of...

Counting the Poor: Measurement and Other IssuesEconomic and Political Weekly