Friend or foe or family ? a tale of formal and informal plants in India
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Labor Policies; Water and Industry; Labor Markets; Industrial Management; E-Business;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2013-09-13 (Development)
- NEP-IUE-2013-09-13 (Informal & Underground Economics)
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