India

Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets

Report of The Second National Commission on Labour

Informality in South Asia: A Review

This paper seeks to explore the diversity of the informal economy across five countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan,...

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...

Through the Magnifying Glass: Women’s Work and Labour Force Participation in Urban Delhi

The Exceptional Persistence of India’s Unorganized Sector

This paper documents several key facts about India’s unorganized sector in manufacturing and services. the paper investigates conditions...

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

Subversive Urban Development in India: Implications on Planning Education

From the paper’s introduction: “Taking example of India, this paper attempts to build this strong critique of the present urban...

The Case of Ahmedabad, India

This case study is from UN-Habitat (2003) Global Report on Human Settlements 2003, The Challenge of Slums, Earthscan, London. More information...

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Pune, India