This edited volume brings together current debates and policy concerns through the collection of papers on labour and development ranging from issues of informality, small scale sector; economic reforms; wages and earnings; caste and discrimination; gender and work; sectoral and regional dimensions; to labour institutions, regulation and collective bargaining. The contributors to this volume are well-known scholars who have provided latest information and critical analyses on these vast range of issues as a tribute to Professor Papola for his lifetime research work and rich contributions to the study of labour in the process of economic development. All those readers interested in social and economic issues relating to labour, employment and development will find much of value in this volume organised in eight sections:

I. Economic Reforms, Labour and Development
II. Informality and Small Scale Sector
III. Wages and Earnings
IV. Caste and Discrimination in Labour Market
V. Gender, Work and Employment
VI. Sectoral and Regional Dimensions
VII. Labour Institutions, Regulation and Collective Bargaining
VIII. Remembering Professor T.S. Papola (30 AUG 1941 – 23 NOV 2015)