Santosh Mehrotra
Biographic Data
| ID | 3696402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Santosh Mehrotra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Santosh |
| FAMILY NAME | Mehrotra |
| SIGNATURE | MEHROTRA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | United Nations Children's Fund |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0098-8050 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 113 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Informal Workers’ Capabilities and Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a key pillar of India’s Skill India mission under the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (NPSDE) 2015, aimed at formalizing the skills of its vast informal workforce, which accounts for over 91% of total employment. By bridging the gap between experiential learning and formal certification, RPL has the potential to enhance employability, economic mobility, and workforce productivity.H…
Can India universalize social insurance before its demographic dividend ends
About 91% of India’s workforce of 520 million is informal, lacking social insurance. However, this paper finds the Social Security Code 2020 wanting, but with potential for universalizing social insurance. The paper spells out the principles that should guide social insurance for informal workers; and presents the design and architecture for extending coverage. It shows how realistically, over the next 10–15 years, social insurance could cover th…
Why is the Labour Force Participation of Women Declining in India
Realising the Demographic Dividend
This book discusses policies to achieve inclusive growth in India and realise the demographic dividend, which will end by 2040 when India will become an aging society. India is the world's fastest growing large economy, but jobs are not growing equally rapidly. The size of India's youth workforce is worrying, and the largely informal workforce is not covered by social insurance. Universal elementary education, despite the Right to Education Act 2…
Capabilities, Gender, Equality
Questions of gender, injustice and equality pervade all our lives, and as such, the capabilities or 'human development' approach to understanding well-being and basic political entitlements continues to be debated. In this thought-provoking book, a range of authors provide unique reflections on the capabilities approach and, specifically, Martha C. Nussbaum's contributions to issues of gender, equality and political liberalism. Moreover, the auth…
Monitoring, evaluation and performance management in South Asia
The article reviews the state of M&E in South Asia, and makes a case for building capacity in the field, without which the discipline will remain underdeveloped, and accountability for government spending not improve. We suggest that almost none of the South Asian countries have yet managed to develop an M&E ‘system’, though all have mechanisms in place. The article discusses the MIS and evaluation systems, tools in use by governments in South As…
The cost and financing of the right to education in India
India and the global economic crisis
The global economic crisis hit the Indian economy at a time when it was riding a wave of unprecedentedly high growth. This article argues that while the global crisis has particularly impacted exports, and hence growth, and worsened the fiscal balance, India is already returning to an 8% per annum growth. The limited impact, the article argues, has been driven by the fact that both savings and investments have risen sharply in the first decade of…
Capability deprivation of women
This paper begins by discussing why gender equality is a necessary condition for economic transformation in the current phase of development. It argues that economic transformation in developing countries will be determined to a greater extent by gender equality than was the case in an earlier phase of transformation in the nineteenth century in non-industrialized countries. This is because gender equality is central to hastening the demographic …
The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Informal Sector and Poverty in East Asia
This article examines the structural reasons why the poor, and especially children, are impacted adversely as a result of the global economic crisis and presents policy concerns that governments must address to meet the income and livelihood needs of the poor. It analyzes the status of employment in the informal sector, which accounts for a significant share of total employment outside of agriculture, and in which the vulnerabilities of the poor …
Gender Discrimination in Asia
The Capability Approach
The capability approach developed by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has become an important new paradigm in thinking about development. However, despite its theoretical and philosophical attractiveness, it has been less easy to measure or to translate into policy. This volume addresses these issues in the context of poverty and justice. Part I offers a set of conceptual essays that debate the strength of the often misunderstood individual focus of th…
Asian Informal Workers
This thoroughly researched volume surveys the nature and extent of 'informal' work in Asia, which is a powerful and under-studied force in the region. \nAfter over half a century of development, even in the fast growing economies of Asia, the formal sector, and industrial jobs have grown rather slowly, and most non-agricultural employment growth has occurred in the informal economy. At the same time as this, there has been a feminization of infor…
Reforming elementary education in India
Private provision of elementary education in India
Private sector growth in education is the new neo‐liberal mantra. Based on data generated by a representative sample survey in eight states, six of which account for two‐thirds of the children out of school in India, this paper examines the private sector in elementary education in India, and compares its characteristics with government schools. It argues that the majority of private schools at the lower end of a segmented private sector do not c…
Can industrial outwork enhance homeworkers’ capabilities? Evidence from clusters in South Asia
The Private Sector and Privatization in Social Services
One of the most significant developments in the 1990s in social policy in developing and transition countries has been the growth of privatization in health, education and water services - three basic services, which involve most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Welfare pluralism was very much a core element of the Washington Consensus. Despite the talk of the Washington Consensus being 'dead for years', the international financial ins…
Global Institutions in Local Decision-Making
Education for All
In 1990, a target of universal access to basic education by the year 2000 was set by two global conferences. Ten years later, however, it was clear that the target had not been met. Too many countries had made insufficient progress, and although many of the reasons for this inadequate progress were country-specific, one factor stood out in virtually all countries: inadequate public finance for primary education. In 2000, the Millennium Summit set…
Global Social Policy Forum
International Development Targets and Official Development Assistance
Household costs and public expenditure on primary education in five low income countries
Education for All
Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC)
On the Social Specifications of Use Value in Marx's Capital
Why is the Labour Force Participation of Women Declining in India
Private provision of elementary education in India
Private sector growth in education is the new neo‐liberal mantra. Based on data generated by a representative sample survey in eight states, six of which account for two‐thirds of the children out of school in India, this paper examines the private sector in elementary education in India, and compares its characteristics with government schools. It argues that the majority of private schools at the lower end of a segmented private sector do not c…
Education for All
The Private Sector and Privatization in Social Services
One of the most significant developments in the 1990s in social policy in developing and transition countries has been the growth of privatization in health, education and water services - three basic services, which involve most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Welfare pluralism was very much a core element of the Washington Consensus. Despite the talk of the Washington Consensus being 'dead for years', the international financial ins…
The cost and financing of the right to education in India
Can industrial outwork enhance homeworkers’ capabilities? Evidence from clusters in South Asia
Reforming elementary education in India
International Development Targets and Official Development Assistance
Household costs and public expenditure on primary education in five low income countries
The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Informal Sector and Poverty in East Asia
This article examines the structural reasons why the poor, and especially children, are impacted adversely as a result of the global economic crisis and presents policy concerns that governments must address to meet the income and livelihood needs of the poor. It analyzes the status of employment in the informal sector, which accounts for a significant share of total employment outside of agriculture, and in which the vulnerabilities of the poor …
Gender Discrimination in Asia
Monitoring, evaluation and performance management in South Asia
The article reviews the state of M&E in South Asia, and makes a case for building capacity in the field, without which the discipline will remain underdeveloped, and accountability for government spending not improve. We suggest that almost none of the South Asian countries have yet managed to develop an M&E ‘system’, though all have mechanisms in place. The article discusses the MIS and evaluation systems, tools in use by governments in South As…
Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC)
On Some Issues in Marxian Economics and Historical Materialism
Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC)
On the Social Specifications of Use Value in Marx's Capital
Household costs and public expenditure on primary education in five low income countries
Education for All
Global Social Policy Forum
International Development Targets and Official Development Assistance
Global Institutions in Local Decision-Making
Education for All
In 1990, a target of universal access to basic education by the year 2000 was set by two global conferences. Ten years later, however, it was clear that the target had not been met. Too many countries had made insufficient progress, and although many of the reasons for this inadequate progress were country-specific, one factor stood out in virtually all countries: inadequate public finance for primary education. In 2000, the Millennium Summit set…
Can industrial outwork enhance homeworkers’ capabilities? Evidence from clusters in South Asia
The Private Sector and Privatization in Social Services
One of the most significant developments in the 1990s in social policy in developing and transition countries has been the growth of privatization in health, education and water services - three basic services, which involve most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Welfare pluralism was very much a core element of the Washington Consensus. Despite the talk of the Washington Consensus being 'dead for years', the international financial ins…
Reforming elementary education in India
Private provision of elementary education in India
Private sector growth in education is the new neo‐liberal mantra. Based on data generated by a representative sample survey in eight states, six of which account for two‐thirds of the children out of school in India, this paper examines the private sector in elementary education in India, and compares its characteristics with government schools. It argues that the majority of private schools at the lower end of a segmented private sector do not c…
Asian Informal Workers
This thoroughly researched volume surveys the nature and extent of 'informal' work in Asia, which is a powerful and under-studied force in the region. \nAfter over half a century of development, even in the fast growing economies of Asia, the formal sector, and industrial jobs have grown rather slowly, and most non-agricultural employment growth has occurred in the informal economy. At the same time as this, there has been a feminization of infor…
The Capability Approach
The capability approach developed by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has become an important new paradigm in thinking about development. However, despite its theoretical and philosophical attractiveness, it has been less easy to measure or to translate into policy. This volume addresses these issues in the context of poverty and justice. Part I offers a set of conceptual essays that debate the strength of the often misunderstood individual focus of th…
Capability deprivation of women
This paper begins by discussing why gender equality is a necessary condition for economic transformation in the current phase of development. It argues that economic transformation in developing countries will be determined to a greater extent by gender equality than was the case in an earlier phase of transformation in the nineteenth century in non-industrialized countries. This is because gender equality is central to hastening the demographic …
The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Informal Sector and Poverty in East Asia
This article examines the structural reasons why the poor, and especially children, are impacted adversely as a result of the global economic crisis and presents policy concerns that governments must address to meet the income and livelihood needs of the poor. It analyzes the status of employment in the informal sector, which accounts for a significant share of total employment outside of agriculture, and in which the vulnerabilities of the poor …
Gender Discrimination in Asia
India and the global economic crisis
The global economic crisis hit the Indian economy at a time when it was riding a wave of unprecedentedly high growth. This article argues that while the global crisis has particularly impacted exports, and hence growth, and worsened the fiscal balance, India is already returning to an 8% per annum growth. The limited impact, the article argues, has been driven by the fact that both savings and investments have risen sharply in the first decade of…
The cost and financing of the right to education in India
Monitoring, evaluation and performance management in South Asia
The article reviews the state of M&E in South Asia, and makes a case for building capacity in the field, without which the discipline will remain underdeveloped, and accountability for government spending not improve. We suggest that almost none of the South Asian countries have yet managed to develop an M&E ‘system’, though all have mechanisms in place. The article discusses the MIS and evaluation systems, tools in use by governments in South As…
Capabilities, Gender, Equality
Questions of gender, injustice and equality pervade all our lives, and as such, the capabilities or 'human development' approach to understanding well-being and basic political entitlements continues to be debated. In this thought-provoking book, a range of authors provide unique reflections on the capabilities approach and, specifically, Martha C. Nussbaum's contributions to issues of gender, equality and political liberalism. Moreover, the auth…
Realising the Demographic Dividend
This book discusses policies to achieve inclusive growth in India and realise the demographic dividend, which will end by 2040 when India will become an aging society. India is the world's fastest growing large economy, but jobs are not growing equally rapidly. The size of India's youth workforce is worrying, and the largely informal workforce is not covered by social insurance. Universal elementary education, despite the Right to Education Act 2…
Why is the Labour Force Participation of Women Declining in India
Can India universalize social insurance before its demographic dividend ends
About 91% of India’s workforce of 520 million is informal, lacking social insurance. However, this paper finds the Social Security Code 2020 wanting, but with potential for universalizing social insurance. The paper spells out the principles that should guide social insurance for informal workers; and presents the design and architecture for extending coverage. It shows how realistically, over the next 10–15 years, social insurance could cover th…
Economics (20 works) · Political science (19 works) · Economic growth (15 works) · Business (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (8 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Developing country (6 works)