India

Industrial Conflict in India in the Post-Reform Period

The processes of liberalisation, globalisation, and privatisation were expected to weaken the bargaining power of workers vis-à-vis employers...

Tamil Nadu’s Electronics IndustryEconomic and Political Weekly

India’s information technology hardware segment is heavily dependent on imports of components and finished goods. After surveying Tamil...

Multiple Shocks and Slum Household Economies in South IndiaEconomy and Society

This research uses a fresh perspective to trace the impact of multiple economic, financial and environmental shocks on slum-dwellers in the...

Defying NGO-ization?: Lessons in Livelihood Resilience Observed Among Involuntarily Displaced Women in Mumbai, IndiaWorld Development

Summary: This article focuses on how a group of women involuntarily displaced from Mumbai’s slums managed the resulting sizeable disruptions...

Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development

Urban Informal Sector: Size and Income Generation Processes in Gujarat. Parts I and II

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Part II: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors

Women in the Indian Informal Economy: Collective Strategies for Work Life Improvement and Development

Special Issue on Unorganized WorkersThe Indian Journal of Industrial Relations

The informal economy has always existed in India, but it was seen neither as an important part of the economy, nor as a theoretical category...

Insecurities of Informal Workers in Gujarat, India