India's Employment Crisis: Rising Education Levels and Falling Non-agricultural Job Growth
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Falling total employment is an unprecedented trend seen from 2011-12 to 2017-18. Due to a decline of employment in agriculture and...
Why is the Labour Force Participation of Women Declining in India?
This paper explores the recent fall in female labour force participation and its socio-economic determinants in India. The major...
Technical and Vocational Education in Asia: What can South Asia Learn from East/South East Asia?
This paper starts with the question whether the current labour force in South Asian countries is sufficiently educated and skilled for a...
Starting Out Right: The role of public spending
Jan Vandemoortele, Santosh Mehrotra and Enrique Delamonica argue that children have the right to basic social services and that poverty...
‘Make in India’: The Components of a Manufacturing Strategy for India
The share of manufacturing in India’s GDP was only 16% in 1991 and has remained stagnant at that level until 2018. Employment in...
Explaining Employment Trends in the Indian Economy: 1993-94 to 2011-12
This paper explores employment trends in India since the mid-1990s based on study of various rounds of National Sample Survey unit level...
Realising the Demographic Dividend: Policies to Achieve Inclusive Growth in India
The book discusses policies to achieve inclusive growth in India and realise the demographic dividend, which will end by 2040 when India...
Countering Naxalism with Development: Challenges of Social Justice and State Security
This book, for the first time, presents an authentic assessment and presentation of the human development and security challenges faced...
Land Policies for Growth with Equity: Transforming the Agrarian Structure in Uttar Pradesh
Land Policies for Equity and Growth is perhaps the first book of its kind on land issues, including land reforms, in one of India’s most...
Asian Informal Workers. Global Risks, Local Protection
This thoroughly researched volume surveys the nature and extent of 'informal' work in Asia, which is a powerful and under-studied force...
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