Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Indian roads represent the worlds' largest program of private sector investment in road development…
This 34-chapter open-access book brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy…
This 34-chapter open-access book brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy…
Over the last few decades, politics in India has moved steadily in a pro-business direction. This shift has important implications for both…
In 1984, Pranab Bardhan published his classic work The Political Economy of Development in India (PEDI). It went on to become one of the…
This paper seeks to integrate a focus on informal workers, who comprise 61 per cent of the global workforce – a total of 2 billion workers…
Evidence establishing the signi?cant impact of education on social and economic progress has fuelled global efforts to increase equitable…
This chapter explains the necessity of health care for the working poor, especially women. It also provides solutions to address barriers…
The requirements for vocational education and training measures for trainees, employees and employers in the informal economy are complex.…
The population of Asia is growing both larger and older. Demographically the most important continent on the world, Asia's population,…