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Livelihoods

Workers unloading coal from a truck-coal mining
January 15, 2021
What lies ahead for coal-dependent towns in India?
Just transition offers an opportunity to reverse decades of stymied development.
by Mayank Aggarwal | 7 min read
Close-up of a hand supported by a walking cane
January 12, 2021
The invisible link between blindness and poverty
Ninety percent of vision loss is avoidable, yet a majority of people lack access to or the ability to pay for eye health services.
by Elizabeth Kurian, Shrikant Ayyangar | 5 min read
Hyderabad city
December 22, 2020
Is it time for an ‘urban NREGA’?
Why India needs an urban employment guarantee scheme, how to design it, and what critics have to say about it.
by Rakshita Swamy, Rajendran Narayanan, Anand Shrivastava, Amit Basole | 8 min read
woman flower vendor at a market in Vellore
December 17, 2020
Women don’t value their own work
What happens when informal workers devalue their contributions to the economy?
by Aiman Haque, Max Gallien, Vanessa van den Boogaard | 6 min read
farmer couple tending to their field_BRLF
November 26, 2020
Rural livelihood nonprofits must reinvent themselves
We will need to embrace technology and markets, and improve farmer incomes exponentially to stay relevant in a rapidly changing agriculture sector.
by Anish Kumar | 7 min read
Farmer looking at his field_Pixabay
September 24, 2020
The farm acts: All you need to know
In order to cut through the noise surrounding the farm bills, IDR has curated select articles and videos that explain the impact of these bills on farmers.
by India Development Review | 6 min read
Woman with a sapling_Balipara Foundation
September 17, 2020
Ecology is economy
We need an integrated approach between lives and livelihoods.
by Ranjit Barthakur | 6 min read
ASHA Training_©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation_Ryan Lobo
September 3, 2020
Do we need to train so many people?
Despite large numbers of frontline workers being trained each year, they have no new opportunities to capitalise on their skills or fulfil their aspirations.
by Anand Arkalgud | 6 min read
aerial black and white shot of brick kiln workers_flickr
August 26, 2020
Running out of work
Workers in Rajasthan are demanding more workdays and better wages under MGNREGA.
by IndiaSpend, Rajat Kumar | 10 min read
A woman and a girl processing food_rural livelihood_selco
August 13, 2020
A new paradigm for rural livelihoods
COVID-19 has exposed the weakest links in our supply chains, the largest impact of which has been felt by the poor. As we rebuild rural livelihoods, we need to innovate towards decentralisation.
by Harish Hande, Jeffrey Prins | 5 min read
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