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Books & Book Chapters
A Gendered Analysis of Decent Work Deficits in India’s Urban Informal Economy: Case Study Perspectives from Surat
From the publisher: “Through case study material from a 2004 study of urban informal employment in Surat, India, this chapter emphasises...
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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
Towards Economic Freedom: The Impact of SEWA
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Research Reports
Reconceptualizing the urban “informal sector” in underdeveloped countries: An overview of the Brazilian, Indian and South African cases
Paper written for GLU Conference, Mumbai, 22-24 February 2009
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Policy Briefs
India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors
India is one of very few countries to have developed a National Policy on Urban Street Vendors. Adopted in 2004, its objective is to promote...
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Journal Articles
Providing Sustainable Livelihood For Women through Social Enterprise: Maid In IndiaThe Development Review
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Research Reports
The Role of CBO in Social Protection – some experiences of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India
Paper prepared for the conference, Rethinking Economy: Social/Solidarity Economy in China and the World, Beijing, China, 27-28th April 2013. ...
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Research Reports
Female Business Ownership and Informal Sector Persistence
This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India’s unorganized manufacturing sector is due to the rapid increase...
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