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Research Reports
The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors
These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...
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Statistical Briefs
Home-Based Workers in India: Statistics and Trends
This brief presents numbers and analysis of home-based workers in India from 1999-00 to 2011-12. It is based on data collected by the National...
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Journal Articles
Sustainable urban development in India: An inclusive perspectiveDevelopment in Practice
Abstract: The mainstream debate on urban development looks either at urban development or sustainable cities, and tends to miss out on people-centred...
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Research Reports
Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Ahmedabad’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations
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Research Reports
Informal Tradables and the Employment Growth of Indian Manufacturing
Abstract: India’s manufacturing growth from 1989 to 2010 displays two intriguing properties: 1) a substantial fraction of absolute and net...
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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...
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Journal Articles
Globalization, The Financial Crisis and Petty Production in India’s Socially Regulated Informal Economy
Abstract: This essay explores theoretical and practical problems arising from the impact of liberalization/globalization and its latest crisis...
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Journal Articles
Countdown 2015: an assessment of basic provision to migrant families in the urban slums of Ludhiana, North India
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.
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Research Reports
Invisible Workers, Visible Contribution. A Study of Home Based Workers in Five Sectors across South Asia
Background paper presented at Regional Policy Seminar on Women Workers in the Informal Sector in South Asia: Creating an Enabling Policy...
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Journal Articles
Do Economic Reforms Influence Home-Based Work? Evidence From India
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