estimating employment and income generated in the informal economy in India. [NCEUS WP NO 3]. …

This paper explores issues relating to informal trade in the SAARC region. It spells out the reasons underpinning … illegal trade in the South Asian region. Further it focuses on the estimated size and composition of informal trade in the … region and highlights its relationship to formal trade. The study examines the modalities under which such trade prospers. It …

How has the microcredit movement managed to push financial frontiers? In a context in which borrowers vary in … risk-matching and intra-group diversification of risk using data on Thai microcredit borrowing groups. We propose a non …-diversification results reveal a potentially negative aspect of voluntary group formation and point to limitations of microcredit groups as …

Many popular social programmes have limited coverage among households at the very bottom of the income and wealth … distribution. If a programme reaches the poor, but neglects the destitute, the (pre-programme) income distribution of participants … pattern of programme participation. Our numerical simulations of data on household expenditures and membership of micro-credit …