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'The aim of this edited volume is to improve the measurement of the informal economy in the Indian contect and to make the concerns of its workers central to mainstream economic analysis...Overall the book makes in important contribution in its effort to bring the informal economy into mainstream economic theory and policy...[It] provides detailed empirical work on the informal economy in India and takes the first step in achieving the goal of bridging theory and empiricism through a focus on measurement' - Development and Change This volume, the result of a creative collaboration between research and action, is aimed at highlighting the contribution of informal workers to the Indian economy. It provides a unique perspective on informal employment in India, from both a macro and a micro perspective. The contributors put forth the argument that while the informal economy already has a place in official statistics, the existing methods of data collection are inadequate to capture the actual size of this sector or to measure its significant contribution to macroeconomic aggregates. They also maintain that there is a need to constantly revisit assumptions and test findings against field level evidence. Overall, this volume provides greater clarity to the nebulous concept of informal economy and establishes that it creates employment, provides goods and services, creates savings and investments, and yet the workers and producers of this economy usually live in poverty.

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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Economics

• Full title: Informal Economy Centrestage
• Subtitle: New Structures of Employment
• Author: Renana Jhabvala, Ratna M. Sudarshan, Jeemol Unni
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9780761997108
• ISBN: 0761997105
• ID: 04687015
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
• Weight: 470 g
• Dimensions: 215 × 139 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. September 2003

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