India

Financial Accessibility of the Street Vendors in India: Cases of Inclusion and Exclusion

From the Executive Summary: “Street vendors are one of the most marginalised, poor as well as vulnerable sectors of the urban informal...

NGO Led Partnership in Solid Waste Management – Ranchi

Working Paper No. 39 in the SP Working Paper Series of School of Planning of CEPT University

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Ahmedabad’s Home-Based Workers: Realities & Recommendations

Corporate Capitalism in the Name of Social Security

The many schemes that have been announced in the name of social security are limited in scope and the quantum of security they prefer. The...

Growth in GVA of Indian ManufacturingEconomic and Political Weekly

Two comments on “Growth in Gross Value Added of Indian Manufacturing: 2011-12 Series vs 2004-05 Series” (EPW, 23 May 2015) question...

In the Footsteps of GandhiNational Geographic

Abstract: The article discusses brief profile of Indian freedom fighter leader Mahatma Gandhi and his legacy. Topics include his salt march,...

Employment in Unorganised Sector in Navi Mumbai: A Socio Economic Profile

From the Executive Summary: “The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd (CIDCO) entrust this study to the Tata...

Redefined Labour Spaces: Organising Workers in Post-Liberalised India

This book discusses the transformation of labour movements and trade unionism in post-liberalised India. It looks at emerging collectivism,...

Towards Economic Freedom: The Impact of SEWA

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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