The service sector is the largest and fastest growing sector in India and has the highest labor productivity, but … employment has not kept pace with the share of the sector in gross domestic product and has not produced the number or quality of … investment. While India is among the top 10 World Trade Organization members in service exports and imports, the growth and …

This paper examines the employment growth of Indian districts from 2000 to 2010 in the manufacturing and services … with low population density. Diversity correlates with disproportionately higher employment growth in the informal sector … and plays a role in generating employment in the district's smaller industries. These findings point toward the "inclusive …