UNORGANISED SECTOR AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT

It is unfortunate that in the euphoria about liberalisation and global isation we have forgotten the fundamental task of institution-building . This is brought home most sharply by the case of the unorganised sec tor. Countries with a large proportion of the workforce in the unorgan ised sector have to reckon with the fact that the number of such worke rs will rise as a consequence of structural adjustment and economic re form. So-called safety nets cannot solve their problems. What is neede d is a new approach to development in which petty producers are made-a gents of social transformation through their own organisations which b ring them economies of scale, technology credit and marketing.