Technological upgrading and increases in capital intensity have been championed in the organized manufacturing sector in India on the grounds that such measures improve productivity, efficiency and competitiveness. In a developing economy, these are costly propositions. Also, the effect of...

Inequalities in livelihood among socio-economic groups are caused by disparities in job availability, type and sector of employment and earnings there from, and transcend the boundaries of current generation through their impact on capability formation. This paper explores issues of occupational...

Globalisation has proceeded at an unprecedented pace in the last few decades. Barriers have come down, linkages have been formed and strengthened, and a plethora of economic activities have become intertwined, across countries and continents. While it has resulted in high growth of global...

Earning differentials in labour market leads to multidimensional aspects of deprivation and disadvantage. While the 'deprived' are excluded from participation in society, such exclusion may also cause deprivation. In economic terms, disparity in labour markets has far-reaching consequences...

The Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) introduced in India aimed at propelling the economy to a higher growth path and heralding socio-economic equality. In this transformed regime the State is to be a facilitator while the private players are to take up the expansionary effort. This requires...

Small Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs) in an overpopulated developing economy serve the dual role of job-creation and shifting the occupational structure. However, their contribution to the overall health of the economy are being questioned on grounds of low productivity and economic viability....

Development literature in the past decade has become more people centric with human development being projected as one of the 'ends' of development planning. The present paper tries to explore the trends, patterns and regional dimension of human development (HD) in India through construction of...

Theoretical propositions proclaim that the association between Infrastructure Availability and Development of a region is quite strong and runs from the former to the latter. Empirical studies are however, inconclusive. While few researchers have concluded that the impact of infrastructure on...