In brief... City of dreams no more: Covid-19 in urban India

Shania Bhalotia, Swati Dhingra and Fjolla Kondirolli

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Abstract: The pandemic has decimated livelihoods in urban India and created a new underclass of workers who are being pushed into poverty. A CEP report by Shania Bhalotia, Swati Dhingra and Fjolla Kondirolli calls for a national work guarantee to prevent mass long-term unemployment.

Keywords: india; urban workers; cities; growth; covid-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-11-02
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