Employment and Livelihoods
The SHD works on growth strategies, improving the quality of work through better wages, labour rights and entitlements, skilling, occupational safety and health, and discrimination-free work environments.
This work focuses on
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Domestic and home-based work, waste work, construction, gig and platform work, and nano- and small enterprises.
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The future of work and workers on digital platforms and the informal urban economy.
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Inclusive, employment-intensive urban development pathways.
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Improving the quality of informal work through site-based and sector-focused infrastructure upgradation, while building the associational strength of workers.
Projects
Net-Zero Building Fundamentals
Reimagining Education for Equity: Interrogating Policy and Practice
Forest Ecology and Environment Services
Housing Shortage in India
Role of IoT in Rural Water Supply
Legacy Waste Management in Indian Cities
The Art and Science of Economic Policy
Housing Justice: A View from Indian Cities
Writing and Disseminating Grey Literature
Sustainable Cities
Other Focus Areas
Affordable Housing
Social Protection
Urban Inequality
Health
Slum Upgradation
