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      Report
      Education and Skills 25 February 2022

      Pathways to Work: Mapping Education, Skills and Employability to Labour Market Demand

      This report analyses India’s skills training ecosystem, delineating the challenges and the urgent need for deep reform. It provides recommendations for systemic change in the education-skill ecosystem that will help create a better, more inclusive, and equitable world for work for India’s youth.

      by Sabina Dewan, Anna Ranjan
      Perspective
      Labour Markets and Measurement 23 February 2022

      Labour laws could be good for business in the country

      Recent discontent in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar has been manifesting in a different kind of collective action: ‘job riots’. Perhaps this is unsurprising, given the employment crisis that plagues India, but the crisis in UP is in the spotlight because the state is in the throes of a high-stakes election.

      by Sabina Dewan
      Perspective
      Entrepreneurship 11 February 2022

      Is Entrepreneurship A Viable Alternative To Jobs?

      How practical is it to aspire to be self-employed? Does it pay off for all those who venture? What are the pitfalls?

      by Sabina Dewan
      Perspective
      Others 8 February 2022

      The country’s quest for scale shouldn’t overlook quality

      With 1.4 billion people, India is well on its way to becoming the world’s most populous country, beating China. Our youth population alone is larger than the total population of the US, or that of any other industrialized country. It is understandable then that a quest to achieve scale is among the top priorities of the government’s development interventions.

      by Sabina Dewan
      Report
      Technology 31 January 2022

      Technology, Equality and the Future of Work in South and South East Asia

      This paper seeks to take stock of the main dimensions shaping the future of work in the South and South East Asia and present key messages and policy recommendations to create an innovative and inclusive future of work.

      by Sabina Dewan et al.
      Podcast
      Technology 3 July 2021

      Industry 4.0 and the Ramifications on Asian Societies and Economies

      What does the Fourth Industrial Revolution or also known as "Industry 4.0" mean for societies, economies and workers in Asia.

      Report
      Technology 8 May 2021

      The World in 2030: Looking Back Ten Years from Now

      This book provides well-founded insights and guidance to (self-)manage work in a globalized and digitalized knowledge economy with a perspective of the year 2030. International researchers and practitioners draw a picture of how, when, and where we will work most probably in 10 years.

      Perspective
      Labour Markets and Measurement 16 March 2021

      Labour Regulations need Both Clarity and Uniformity

      Labour regulations in India are as sensitive a subject as they are complex and cumbersome. Workers are often rightly identified as the lifeblood of any organization or industry.

      by Sabina Dewan
      Brief
      Labour Markets and Measurement 1 February 2021

      Research in the COVID-19 Context. Adaptive Methods and Ethical Considerations

      The Women, Work, and the Gig Economy research consortium - supported by the International Development Research Centre, Canada (IDRC), coordinated by JustJobs Network - has released a brief on methodological and ethical questions of how to adapt research to the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic.

      by Mukta Naik
      Report
      Trade and Supply Chains 5 January 2021

      Just Jobs in Global Value Chains: Defining Inclusive Industrialization for ASEAN

      Over the last three decades, the world has seen a shift away from arms-length trade brokered through trade agreements between governments toward a fragmentation of production processes across nations carried out through private transactions between firms. 

      by Sabina Dewan et al.