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020 _a978-0199460847
082 _a338.6420954 RAJ
100 _aRajesh Raj S N; Kunal Sen
245 _aOut of the shadows ? The informal sector in post - reform India
260 _aNew Delhi
_bOxford University of Press
_c2016
300 _axx, 260
_b22 cm ; Hard
500 _aShanthi/IN3203/27-01-17/Rs.850/-
505 _aPreface 1: Taking a 'Production Lens' to Informality in India 1: Theoretical Perspectives on the Informal Economy 1: Policy Context 1: Change and Continuity in the Indian Informal Manufacturing Sector 1: Firms in the Indian Informal Manufacturing Sector: Their Characteristics and Evolution over Time 1: The Performance of Informal Manufacturing Firms 1: The Determinants of Firm Transition 1: Globalization and Its Effects 1: Out of the Shadows? Appendix I
520 _aAn important feature of the recent process of structural transformation in developing countries has been that the informal sector has remained an important element of manufacturing activity. In spite of rapid rates of economic growth since the 1991 reforms, the informal sector has been a persistent phenomenon in India, leading to significant policy concerns on the lack of inclusivity of economic growth. This book assesses how informal manufacturing firms have responded to the context of economic liberalization in India. It takes a novel approach to the study of informality, by viewing it through a 'production' lens and making enterprise performance the centre-piece of the analysis of informality. The book studies the determinants of enterprise growth and performance along the entire 'continuum' of the informal sector, from micro household enterprises to larger enterprises in the informal sector employing wage labour. The strength of the book is the systematic examination of the various aspects of informality in the Indian manufacturing sector using rich firm-level data from large nationally representative surveys spanning two decades of reforms The book argues that concerted government action is needed to allow the informal sector to participate more fully in India's economic growth
650 _a Manufacturing industries -- India
_a Economic development -- India.
_aInformal sector (Economics) -- India
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