In a globalised world, recessions strike formal sectors more swiftly, which when adopting cost-cutting measures retrench regular workers with higher non-negotiable wages. An economywide computable general equilibrium (CGE) model with different labour market closures has been used to study the...

The main purpose of this paper is to look at the incorporation of gender and the informal sector within a general equilibrium framework for India. Moreover, we clarify some important links between a gender aware informal sector based social accounting matrix (SAM) and general equilibrium models...

People's quality of life depends on the social relationships of their everyday lives and the technological choices that affect them. These features are readily described within the framework of social accounting, provided that relevant categories of households, workers, and economic activities...

The existing literature on self-help group (SHG) bank linkage programs portrays them as an effective tool being used in various countries to approach a range of socioeconomic issues. This paper explores the performance and sustainability of this type of program in India at the group level....

This volume breaks new ground in exploring trade liberalization and the informal economy, both through field research and a macro-model of two of the most labour-intensive sectorsgarments and rice processing. It innovatively compares and contrasts these two methodological approaches. It examines...