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

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  • Shania Bhalotia
  • Swati Dhingra
  • Fjolla Kondirolli

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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.

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  • Shania Bhalotia & Swati Dhingra & Fjolla Kondirolli, 2020. "In brief... City of dreams no more: Covid-19 in urban India," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 587, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepcnp:587
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    india; urban workers; cities; growth; covid-19;
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