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      Podcast
      Technology 26 September 2022

      Platform work and gender inequalities – Case study from India

      What lessons can be learned from India regarding the creation of more equitable access to jobs in the digital economy? What are some of the policy considerations to overcome these challenges? This episode responds to these core questions.

      Perspective
      Others 16 September 2022

      Is moonlighting cheating, or is the world of work past monogamy?

      Regardless of whether one is pro moonlighting or opposed to it, the raging debate over the issue signals a clash between traditional notions of employment, and an emerging world of work where flexibility reigns supreme

      by Sabina Dewan
      Report
      Education and Skills 20 August 2022

      Reimagining Employability for the 21st-century: 10 Million Apprentices in 10 Years

      This report offers a nuanced understanding of how Apprenticeships can improve employability outcomes for India’s labour market at an uncertain time when forces ranging from technology to pandemics keep changing the rules of the game.

      by Sabina Dewan
      Brief
      Income and Wages 14 June 2022

      Competitiveness and Resilience through Social Security: Toward a More Inclusive System

      This brief provides an overview of the current state of India's social security system and raises questions about how to best streamline and restructure the current fragmented approach to iteratively move toward universal provision that extends coverage to more people.

      by Sabina Dewan, Prerna Seth
      Perspective
      Gender 31 March 2022

      Measure Every Action for Gender Empowerment Impact

      In a nation devoted to powerful goddesses, the average Indian woman still struggles to realize her potential. From normative social restrictions and concerns about physical safety to the disproportionate burden of domestic responsibilities, day after day, generation after generation, in big ways and small, our women confront multiple barriers.

      by Sabina Dewan
      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.