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This week, we're going to talk about the work of a young development #practitioner, one whose research area includes #political #development and #labour #economics particularly informality, exclusion and structural transformation in labour surplus economies.
She has gained international recognition for her research work on the shadow economy in India. She is none other than 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐊𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐫.
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Surbhi Kesar is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of Arts and Sciences at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.
She did her PhD from South Asian University, New Delhi and was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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She did her PhD from South Asian University, New Delhi and was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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She is an #organiser for the Economic Development Working Group of the Young Scholars Initiative and a member of the Diversifying and Decolonising Economics initiative.
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Her work on dualistic nature between capitalistic and non-capitalistic economic spaces (appeared in the Review of Radical Political Economics) throws light on the vast informal sector in India showing how #dualism was reproduced during past decade of high economic growth.
She has received #awards at the Regulating for Decent Work Conference at International Labor Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland and from the Indian Society of #Labour #Economics. The link for the paper is shared below:
https://cse.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/publications/economic-transition-dualism-and-informality-in-india-nature-and-patterns-of-household-level-transitions/
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https://cse.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/publications/economic-transition-dualism-and-informality-in-india-nature-and-patterns-of-household-level-transitions/
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She recently co-authored a working paper: ‘Pandemic, informality, and vulnerability: Impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods in India’ highlighting the impact of #COVID19 pandemic containment measures ( #lockdown) on employment, livelihood, food security and access to relief measures.
It shows that a lot more is needed in the way of direct #fiscal support that was announced thus far by #state and #central governments.
You can access the working paper from here:
https://cse.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/publications/pandemic-informality-and-vulnerability-impact-of-covid-19-on-livelihoods-in-india/
You can access the working paper from here:
https://cse.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/publications/pandemic-informality-and-vulnerability-impact-of-covid-19-on-livelihoods-in-india/
She also co-authored an amazing article where she talks about #restructuring #economics teaching into a profession more sensitive towards prominent issues. Its available on the website of #InstituteforNewEconomicThinking:
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/why-do-economists-have-trouble-understanding-racialized-inequalities
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https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/why-do-economists-have-trouble-understanding-racialized-inequalities
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Surbhi is an avid reader and likes to share her favourite picks frequently at D-Econ site. So if you want to revamp and #diversify your #economics booklist, have a look at the well curated reading list over here: https://d-econ.org/diversify-and-decolonise-your-economics-reading-list-fall-2020/
Along with Rosa Abraham, a research fellow at #APU, she had an interesting chat with one of our team members - Divanshu about the #currentstateoflabour in #COVID19 times. The transcript of the interview is shared below:
https://www.catharsismagazine.com/2020/05/15/interview-the-state-of-labour-and-covid-19/
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https://www.catharsismagazine.com/2020/05/15/interview-the-state-of-labour-and-covid-19/
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To know more about her views on the pluralistic approach towards economics, you must check out the video from our youtube channel!
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