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Will Karnataka’s ‘Koosina Mane’ be a Game Changer for Women in the Rural Workforce?

Karnataka's 'Koosina Mane' scheme is an important intervention that aims to improve women's labour force participation by shifting a part of childcare responsibilities outside the household. It remains to be seen whether the initiative has the desired impact on women's employment outcomes.

by Prerna Seth, Raghav Chakravarthy
30 October 2023
Perspective
Urbanization

Constructing within planetary boundaries: Warnings from Mumbai’s coastal road project

The building and construction sector in India is marred with inherent contradictions – it is at once an employment generator and a highly polluting sector. It stresses the question: How do we balance human needs without compromising earth systems?

by Apoorva Dhingra
23 August 2023
Data story
Urbanization

Gender Gaps in Maharashtra’s Construction Sector

The construction sector has been a critical sector in a developing country like India from an employment generation perspective. This data-story presents insights on and trends in the construction sector in Maharashtra.

by Raghav Chakravarthy
23 August 2023
Perspective
Climate Change, Energy and Natural Resources

Why Renewables Are Not Just About Climate Change

India's approach towards renewables should not be focused on meeting international standards of emissions alone, but it should weigh in on the larger impact of renewables in providing energy access to the poorest and creating quality jobs.

by Jit Shankar Banerjee
29 October 2015

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      Perspective
      Migration 18 April 2020

      7 ways to revive India’s labour market and livelihoods in post-Covid world

      It is important to plan how to deal with the economic fallout and rebuild a more inclusive economy in a post-Covid-19 world, and much of that hinges on how we revive labour markets and livelihoods

      by Sabina Dewan
      Perspective
      Urbanization 17 March 2020

      Planning the Small City: Striking the Balance Between Big Projects and Local Agency

      Across the world, the nature of urban planning and city governance depends a lot on how power is distributed among tiers of government. India and Indonesia have both pursued strategies to "decentralize" their governments and invest local authorities with more power. Those policies and their effects, however, look different across the two countries.

      by Gregory Randolph
      Perspective
      Gender 25 February 2020

      We invest in tech, then expect people to catch up. And women get left out of Digital India

      One in 2 Indians in working population is a woman. But less than 1 in 4 own a smartphone. This gap must be closed if India has to leverage tech in economy.

      by Sabina Dewan
      Perspective
      Technology 4 November 2019

      Challenging Digital Colonialism: How Can Governments Capture the Value of Data Labor?

      Dr. Bama Athreya, Research Fellow at the Open Society Foundations, considers what's at stake in the commoditization of data and how governments can intervene to protect their citizens' digital rights.

      by Bama Athreya
      Perspective
      Migration, Urbanization 22 July 2019

      Migrants Aren’t Streaming Into Cities, and What This Means for Urban India

      Gregory Randolph, Executive Vice- President of JustJobs Network co-authors an article on how migrants are part of the solution for cities, published by Hindustan Times.

      by Gregory Randolph
      Perspective
      Labour Markets and Measurement 5 June 2019

      Modi govt didn’t address jobs crisis in the first term. India’s progress depends on it now

      India needs a National Employment Strategy with ministries made to submit to PMO annual action plans on how they will realise the goals.

      by Sabina Dewan
      Perspective
      Labour Markets and Measurement 14 December 2018

      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
      Perspective
      Migration 28 November 2018

      Migration for Decent Sunset Years – Closing Labor Gaps in German Elder Care

      The blog written by Tanja Matheis, Project Manager of JJN, explores how an efficient migrant workers' program can provide decent jobs for nurses while improving the lives of the elderly in Germany.

      by Tanja Matheis
      Perspective
      Urbanization 28 July 2018

      Promise and Peril of Rapid Rural-Urban Migration

      The Jakarta Post published an article written by Gregory Randolph, Executive Vice President of JustJobs Network based on research on India and Indonesia.

      by Gregory Randolph
      Perspective
      Labour Markets and Measurement 21 May 2018

      Only 4.75 Million Join India’s Workforce Annually, Not 12 Million As Claimed

      On average, 4.75 million people are added to the labour force in India per year, an analysis of labour bureau data over a period of four years from 2012 shows. This is less than half the 12 million that people think enter the labour force on an annual basis.

      by Sabina Dewan

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