Transforming Livelihoods: Work, Migration and Poverty in the Tiruppur Garment Cluster, India, 2008-2009

This research used an interdisciplinary approach to critically examine changing livelihood strategies of both rural and urban populations that are increasingly dependent on, or affected by, export industries. While studies tend to focus on working conditions inside factories, little is known about the changing livelihoods of those employed in booming export industries or about the wider impacts of these industries on rural populations. <br> <br> The research had three primary aims:<ul><li>to enhance our understanding of the impacts of industrial expansion on urban and rural households in developing countries</li><li>to improve our understanding of persistent poverty and 'poverty traps' in areas of rapid economic growth</li><li>to inform policy interventions by the state, multinational corporations and international NGOs that aim to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods</li></ul>Field-based research was conducted in and around Tiruppur, a major garment manufacturing and export town in Tamil Nadu, South India. The data available from the UK Data Archive includes the quantitative responses to questionnaire surveys conducted with workers and villagers. <br> <br> Further information is available from the <a href="http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-167-25-0296/read/" title="Transforming livelihoods: work, migration and poverty in the Tiruppur garment cluster, India">Transforming livelihoods: work, migration and poverty in the Tiruppur garment cluster, India</a> ESRC Award webpage and the <a href="http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/searchresearchdatabase.asp?ProjectID=60620" title ="Department for International Development">Department for International Development</a> project webpage.<br>