Work, Institutions and Sustainable Livelihood: Issues and Challenges of Transformation

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The book explores the debates surrounding sustainable livelihood in the neoliberal era effected through transformation of the nature of work and the role of institutions, particularly in the Global South. By creating gainful work and employment opportunities through formal and informal institutions using progressive instruments and innovations within rural and urban economies, livelihood becomes ‘sustainable’, thereby reducing inequality and increasing resilience among households. Based on both theoretical and empirical studies from Asia and Africa, the book establishes the relationship between three broad concepts – work, institutions and sustainable development. The content has been divided into three broad sections: Rural Economy and Its Transformations; Urbanisation and Sustainable Livelihood; andInnovations and Instruments of Transformation. This book is a valuable resource for scholars of development studies, rural and urban studies, labour studies besides economics, sociology, political science and policymaking. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi Introduction (Debdulal Saha, Rajdeep Singha, Virginius Xaxa)....Pages 1-14 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 Rural Transformation and Indigenous Peoples in India (Virginius Xaxa)....Pages 17-34 Ghana’s Gold Boom and Multinational Corporations: Resource Nationalism or Countervailing Force? (Patrick K. Agbesinyale)....Pages 35-72 Augmenting Small Farmers’ Income Through Rural Non-farm Sector in India: Role of Information and Institutions (Meenakshi Rajeev, Manojit Bhattacharjee)....Pages 73-99 Social Welfare, Unemployment and Public Works in Rural Southern Mozambique (Ruth Castel-Branco)....Pages 101-123 Understanding Social Reality(ies) of Rural Livelihoods: Insights from a Comprehensive Study in Two Villages in Mozambique (Claudia Levy)....Pages 125-150 Front Matter ....Pages 151-151 A New Approach to Rural Labour Mobility in the Labour Surplus Economy: A Tripartite Labour Supply Model (Cheng Li)....Pages 153-192 Urbanization, Land Alienation and Proletarianization: A Study of Rajbansis in North Bengal (Hemantika Basu)....Pages 193-225 Street Food, Food Safety and Sustainability in an Emerging Mega City: Insights from an Empirical Study in Hyderabad, India (Christoph Dittrich)....Pages 227-248 Front Matter ....Pages 249-249 The Promises of New Instruments for the Promotion of Decent Work (Christoph Scherrer, Stefan Beck)....Pages 251-274 Microcredits, Returns and Gender: Of Reliable Poor Women and Financial Inclusion in South Asia (Christa Wichterich)....Pages 275-301 Organizing the Informal Economy in Senegal (Thomas Greven)....Pages 303-322 Back Matter ....Pages 323-333