The caste system, its salient characteristics, and its subtle and more obvious
transformations, coupled with its persistence and pervasiveness, have been central to …

This review paper by Mona Sedwal and Sangeeta Kamat forms part of the larger exercise of
developing a comprehensive Country Analytical Review for CREATE in India. Specifically, it …

Dalit Capital explores the relation between caste and Indian capitalism. It explores the ways
in which caste and social discrimination reinvent themselves under the guise of modern …

Neoliberal economic and social changes are radically transforming young people's
experiences of youth and early adulthood in many parts of the world. Young people face a …

The rhetoric on development benefits of energy access often focuses on education,
livelihoods and health. Using case studies of two energy access projects in India, this paper …

Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation
(LFP) in rural India. Why did this occur? We look at the four standard explanations: that more …

One of the only ethnographic studies of Dalit women, this book gives a rich account of
individual Dalit women's lives and documents a rise in patriarchy in the community. The …

The preference for male children transcends many societies and cultures, making it an issue
of local and global dimensions. While son preference is not a new phenomenon and has …

Scholarly discussions of formal education in the global South are increasingly moving away
from a narrow focus on human capital to consider the meanings that people attach to 'being …

Abstract Development discourse frames youth in the Arab world as lacking in the skills
needed for employment and educational institutions as failing. The “skills mismatch” is …