As a young woman living in urban Haryana, I constantly come across women engaged as productive workers: my mother who teaches young scholars, the fruit seller, my colleagues at work, taxi drivers, engineers, financial analysts and several others. As I sip on my morning tea, my cook expresses her aspirations of owning a small snack … More Declining female Labour force participation in India: a puzzle
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an eight member country regional grouping- India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal & Sri Lanka. Apart from permanent members, SAARC also has nine observer countries (Thirteenth SAARC summit, Dhaka 2005) namely, Australia, China, European Union, Iran, Japan, Republic of South Korea, Mauritius, Myanmar and USA. In … More The road to nowhere: SAARC at 30
My previous piece discussed labor force participation in South Asia. Over the last few years, India is the only country among the South Asian nations that is experiencing a downward trend in Labour Force Participation(LFP), both among men and women. This is rather puzzling and alarming. The above infographic illustrates this drop; I will further examine this issue … More Labour force participation in India
Pakistan government has been underpinning the idea of ‘the ascendency of military welfare over social sector development’ each year during the national budget allocations. Defence allocations are usually prioritized in the Pakistan’s national spending because state security is the primary concern of the government.[i] Pakistan spent nearly US $ 8.7 billion – that is – … More Analysing defence and social sector spending in Pakistan
“It is harder to travel within the SAARC region than to Bangkok or Singapore”, remarked the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 18th SAARC summit held in Kathmandu, Nepal. The need for a SAARC visa has been deliberated over the years among its member countries. The SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme was launched in 1992, … More SAARC Visa: A case for regional integration
Higher labor force participation is a driver of economic growth in any given economy. Results of a new simulation model suggest that closing the gender gap could generate a 30% increase in the per capita income of a hypothetical average Asian economy in one generation. It not only provides more human resources to the economy, … More Labor Force Participation in South Asia – A Gendered Perspective – I
Fisheries and aquaculture have significantly influenced lives of the people living closer to the coastlines by providing them employment, income and food security. In 2012, nearly 58.3 million[ii] people were actively engaged in fish-rearing and harvesting activities all over the world. Global fish production (capture and aquaculture) in 2013 was 162.8 million tonnes[iii] (MT), which … More Fisheries and Aquaculture – Potential for IORA countries
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