Region: India

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...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers

This is the Executive Summary of the full Sector Report that synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Ahmedabad, India

‘Life Has Educated Me’: Building Interpersonal Networks through the Jadibanagar Slum Upgrading Project

This study is a jointly produced outcome from the reflection and sharing of group participants in the Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP)....

Economic Survey 2014-15Economic and Political Weekly

The Economic Survey is an important economic document published every year by the Ministry of Finance. This article undertakes a critical...

A summary of research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations

This publication is a summary of “Our children do not get the attention they deserve”: A synthesis of research finding on women informal...

Dynamic networks of grassroots innovators in India

Abstract: ‘Grassroots innovations’ in India are receiving increasing attention from innovation scholars and policymakers alike. These innovations...

Job Mobility in India: Empirical Findings From Field Based Survey (Beijing presentation)

Beijing workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”

Tea Vending in India – Informal Economy and Urbanization

A personal account of a tea vendor, his family, and the Radisson Hotel in Ahmedabad.

Ghazipur Landfill Waste Pickers New Delhi

Shows the working conditions of waste pickers in one of New Delhi’s major landfills.