Introduction -- Economic history and modern India : redefining the link -- Rural labour and colonialism -- Agricultural … labour : lessons from wage data -- Was there an industrial decline in India in the early nineteenth century? -- Labour …

This volume explores Iran’s industrial and trade policy options for achieving sustainable, export-oriented, and pro-employment … for enhancing capabilities, fostering productive transformation, and developing employment that can result in faster and … effective industrial, trade, and employment policies that can complement macroeconomic measures adopted by the government. As …

-farm employment and the integration of rural and urban labour markets; the growth, scale and characteristics of nonstandard employment …