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    22 June 2019

    Economic Prosperity Not Necessarily Leading to ‘Good’ Jobs, Analysis of Official Data Shows

    Gender equality in the labour force drives overall growth in ‘good’ jobs, according to an analysis of official jobs data.

    Report

    A Just Jobs Index for India – How Do Indian States Fare in the Creation of Good Jobs?

    A comprehensive, data-driven tool, the State-level JustJobs Index is meant to rally stakeholders around urgent action to address the nation's jobs crisis.

    by Sabina Dewan, Divya Prakash
    Perspective
    Urbanization, Migration 7 June 2019

    India must shun Nehruvian metropolis bias & turn to small cities for urban economic growth

    India’s urban policy attributes the messiness to migrants, slums and poverty, and its preferred antidote is a Chandigarh-like order.

    by Mukta Naik
    Report

    The Evolving Discourse on Job Quality From Normative Frameworks to Measurement Indicators: The Indian Example

    This paper highlights the evolving discourse of job quality and how it fits the Indian context.

    by Sabina Dewan, Divya Prakash
    Perspective
    Urbanization 17 December 2018

    For equitable growth, India must unthink the urban

    Smaller, growing cities such as Kishangarh can be feasible sites to apply coordinated planning for better urban life.

    by Partha Mukhopadhyay, Mukta Naik
    Perspective

    More than formalising informal jobs, we need to create productive ones

    India’s labour markets are as multifaceted as the nation itself. But the tidy binary between informality and formality posits informality as always bad with poor quality work and lack of skill with low productivity and wages

    by Sabina Dewan, Partha Mukhopadhyay
    Film
    Migration 9 December 2018

    Small City Dreaming: A Story of Hope, Risk and Youth in Small Cities in India and Indonesia.

    Small City Dreaming: A story of hope, risk and youth in small cities in India and Indonesia. This documentary film is produced based on a joint research by JJN and CPR and directed by Amit Mahanti, a celebrated Indian filmmaker.

    Report
    Migration 18 July 2018

    Migration Junctions in India and Indonesia: Reimagining Places, Reorienting Policy

    JustJobs Network, in collaboration with the Centre for Policy Research, identifies geographies in India and Indonesia that are simultaneously experiencing high levels of in- and out- migration. Beyond mapping these “migration junctions,” the authors suggest what particular policy frameworks may be needed to promote migrant well-being in these contexts.

    by Mukta Naik, Gregory Randolph

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