Uma Rani

Uma Rani is a Senior Economist at the International Labour Organization. Her main research interests are in development economics, the informal sector, minimum wages, poverty, inequality, social policies and gender. Before joining the ILO she was an Associate Professor at Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, India. Dr Rani has also held Visiting Fellow positions at Institute of Developing Economies, Japan; ETH-NADEL, Zürich and Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Paris, researching informal employment, precarious and non-standard forms of work.