Various national and international institutes have shown keen interest on the topic of urban informal sector. Nowadays, this topic has became most heatedly debated among research scholars and academicians worldwide.
The present book highlights the core issues of migration pattern, techniques of production used, different wage structures, linkages aspects, socio-economic profile of informal workers, sources of finance and related miscellaneous issues.
This study is mainly based on field survey conducted by the author for cities of Rajkot and Jamnagar of Saurashtra region of Gujarat State.
Contents –
1. Introduction
2. Scope and Methodology
3. Pattern of Migration
4. Technique of Production and Wage-Structure in Urban Informal Sector
5. Backward and Forward Linkages in Urban Informal Sector
6. Socio-Economic Profile of U.I.S. Unit Workers
7. Sources of Finance
8. Miscellaneous Issues
9. Summary and Conclusions
Appendix – I
Female Workers in Urban Informal Sector
Appendix – II
Child Labourers in U.I.S.
Appendix – III
Questionnaire
Bibliography
