WIEGO Authors Contribute to
Economic and Political Weekly special issue,
"A Review of Labour"

WIEGO Coordinator Marty Chen, Statistics Programme Director Joann Vanek, Statistics Programme Research Coordinator James Heintz and WIEGO Members Alakh Sharma, Paula Kantor, Uma Rani and Jeemol Unni contributed to a special issue of the Indian journal Economic and Political Weekly. The special issue entitled "A Review of Labour" also included labour-related articles by Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria, Meenakshi Rajeev, Zeenat Hisam, Arup Mitra, S. Sakthivel and Pinaki Joddar. The issue also includes articles on suffrage in West Bengal, the recent elections in Kerala, drug pricing, wheat imports, and many other current issues affecting India and the world. To view the current issue in full, please click here.

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Informality, Gender and Poverty: A Global Picture by Martha Chen, Joann Vanek and James Heintz

Decent Work Deficits in Informal Economy: Case of Surat by Paula Kantor, Uma Rani and Jeemol Unni

Flexibility, Employment and Labour Market Reforms in India by Alakh N. Sharma

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Street Hawkers and Public Space in Mumbai by Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria

Collective Care Arrangements in the Informal Labour Market: Road Transport Workers in Pakistan by Zeenat Hisam

Unorganised Sector Workforce in India: Trends, Patterns and Social Security Coverage by S. Sakthivel and Pinaki Joddar

Organising Call Centre Agents: Emerging Issues by Ernesto Noronha and Premilla D'Cruz

Labour Market Mobility of Low Income Households by Arup Mitra