Many jobs, few opportunities : can uneven growth help India's poor?

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2009-11

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IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA

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This one-page brochure focuses on the result of uneven growth and the phenomenon of the “missing middle” where employment is heavily concentrated in very small and very large companies. This has created a situation where India’s unskilled, mostly illiterate workers remain largely employed in agriculture or in informal work. India must invest in a better primary education system especially in rural areas. One-pagers are a publication of IDRC’s “Globalization, Growth and Poverty” Program Initiative, and are based on findings from the GGP-supported projects.

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French version available in IDRC Digital Library: De nombreux emplois, de rares débouchés : une croissance inégale peut-elle aider les pauvres de l'Inde?

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ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC DISPARITY, FORMAL SECTOR, INFORMAL SECTOR, RURAL URBAN DISPARITY, INDIA, INCLUSIVE GROWTH, INFORMAL ECONOMY, SOUTH ASIA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/40667

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2000-2009 / Années 2000-2009
Research Results (GGP) / Résultats de recherches (MCP)