India

An Economic Sociology of Informal Work: The Case of India

Headstrong: Profile of a Headloader in Ahmedabad, India

A leader among headloaders in Ahmedabad’s busy textile market, Shanta Bababahi Bhalerao knows firstand how belonging to the growing...

Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India

The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women....

Role of Informal Recyclers in Small and Medium Towns in India

The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers

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

Financial Accessibility of the Street Vendors in India: Cases of Inclusion and Exclusion

From the Executive Summary: “Street vendors are one of the most marginalised, poor as well as vulnerable sectors of the urban informal...

NGO Led Partnership in Solid Waste Management – Ranchi

Working Paper No. 39 in the SP Working Paper Series of School of Planning of CEPT University

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Ahmedabad’s Home-Based Workers: Realities & Recommendations

Corporate Capitalism in the Name of Social Security

The many schemes that have been announced in the name of social security are limited in scope and the quantum of security they prefer. The...

IPRs for FarmersEconomic and Political Weekly

A number of state agencies and non-governmental organisations have come forward to facilitate farmers/breeders to register their crop varieties...