Worker identity, agency and economic development : women`s empowerment in the Indian informal economy / Elizabeth Hill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-205) and index.

Introduction -- Unravelling the informal sector debate -- Reconceptualising labour in the informal sector debate -- Exploring a labour-focused strategy for productivity and well-being in the informal economy : background and method -- Mapping `problems` : work-life experience in the indian informal economy -- Interventions for work-life improvement : the case of the Self Employed Women`s Association -- The moral dynamics of union membership -- Agency, freedom and economic development -- Public action for economic development -- The politics of economic development -- Conclusion : worker identity, agency and economic development.