One of the important determinants of poverty in both absolute and relative terms is the level and growth of wages in an economy.

Beyond use value and exchange value, commodities encapsulate semiotic values too. They function as markers of status, domesticity, social discipline, rebelliousness and so on. These functions are contextual, contingent and change over time.

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A crucial gap in the trafficking literature from India is the dearth of primary data and micro studies that could be used for vulnerability mapping of the source areas and addressing the identified risk factors.

What is women’s studies? Is it a discipline? Subject? What should a women’s studies' programme connote and what obtains in practice?

This paper examines whether female participation in the labour force enhances the autonomy of women in poor populations.