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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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  • Journal Articles

    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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