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Explaining the contractualisation of India’s workforce
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2019-01-30)The employment structure of India’s organised manufacturing sector has undergone substantial changes over the last decade with a steep rise in the use of contract workers in place of directly hired workers. Much of the existing literature has attributed ... -
The Anomaly of Women’s Work and Education in India
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2018-12-30)This paper utilizes a large cross-section of data sets such as the ILOSTAT, NSSO Quinquennial Employment and Unemployment Survey, Labour Bureau Annual Employment and Unemployment Survey, National Family Health Survey and CMIE Consumer Pyramid Household ... -
The growing importance of consumer finance for financial inclusion in India
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2018-12-15)Financial inclusion or access to financial services is a major development goal for all nations across the globe. The concept has a multitude of dimensions from payments and savings accounts, credit, insurance and pensions and securities market. Ensuring ... -
Innovation, Efficiency and Inclusion: Integration of digital technologies in the Indian microfinance sector
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2018-10-30)Digital technologies are rapidly making inroads into all realms of human life and the microfinance sector is one such area. Ongoing innovations in digital technology are contributing to reshaping its operational models, governance structures, its risk ...