India

Towards Economic Freedom: The Impact of SEWA

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Livelihoods With Dignity

Governance Structure and Labour Market Outcomes in Garment Embellishment Chains

Low Pay Among Wage Earners and the Self-employed in IndiaInternational Labour Review

Abstract: While inequality and poverty in India have been much studied, little attention has been given to the underlying role of the labour...

Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Fair Trade: Case Studies from India and Nepal

This article gives a summary of experiences from India and Nepal from an action research project on producer organizations of working poor...

Exposure Dialogue Programme – Personal Reflection

Intentions, Design and Outcomes: Reflections on IHSDP in Maharashtra

This paper examines the implementation of the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme in the smaller cities of Maharashtra. It...

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...

Growth, Structural Change and Wage Rates in Rural India

Examining the structural transformation in India and its developed states to know whether they have passed the Lewis turning point, this...

Socio-economic status of workers of building construction industry

Industrialization with the introduction of newly developed technologies plays an important role for development of a country. Building construction...