Amidst the bleak picture of increasing joblessness and indebtedness presented by the National Sample Survey’s employment surveys and debt surveys, a minimum standard of…
Asia and the Pacific
30 Jun 2020
Exports serve as an engine of economic growth and can potentially help countries come out of poverty and unemployment. However, as the production process is increasingly…
Asia and the Pacific
30 Jun 2020
As the production process is increasingly getting fragmented globally, greater exports no longer imply higher domestic production activity and associated job creation, as…
Asia and the Pacific
30 Jun 2020
The COVID19 pandemic and lockdown adversely impacted millions of households that are vulnerable and deprived. Many such households would slip into poverty as a result of…
Asia and the Pacific
30 Jun 2020