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Globalization and Labour in Developing Countries: India

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This article deals with labour under globalizing conditions in developing countries, particularly India. * It poses the question of how the convergence in global incomes and inequality has impacted on labour. In the context of the experience of the developing countries as a whole, the article argues that strategic interventions in global world markets can increase the share of labour in the benefits from globalization. Thereafter, the article deals with the position of India and shows that there has been an increase in rural real wages and in agricultural productivity after globalization. The article argues that globalization provides space for the upgradation of the capacities of labour in order to improve real wages and the quality of employment.

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  • Dev Nathan, 2018. "Globalization and Labour in Developing Countries: India," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 7(1), pages 105-121, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:agspub:v:7:y:2018:i:1:p:105-121
    DOI: 10.1177/2277976018758081
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    1. Ghose, Ajit K., 2016. "India Employment Report 2016: Challenges and the Imperative of Manufacturing-Led Growth," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199472574.
    2. Nathan,Dev & Tewari,Meenu & Sarkar,Sandip (ed.), 2016. "Labour in Global Value Chains in Asia," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781107103740.
    3. Nathan, Dev. & Saripalle, Madhuri. & Gurunathan, L., 2016. "Labour practices in India," ILO Working Papers 994936193302676, International Labour Organization.
    4. Nayyar, Deepak, 2013. "Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199652983.
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