A Vinodan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Commerce, Central University of Tamil Nadu, India.S Mahalakshmi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Commerce, Central University of Tamil Nadu, India.S Rameshkumar is a Professor and Research Supervisor in the Department of Financial Administration, Central University of Punjab, India.

• IdeasChapter 1. A conceptual framework for managing public services delivered by environmental enterprises in informal settlements; Yewande Adewunmi, Prisca Simbanegavi, and Malcolm Weaich Chapter 2. Digital Transformation and Implications for the Informal Sector of Ghana; Anthony Acquah, Anthony Nkrumah Agyabeng, and James Kwame Mensah Chapter 3. How do the socio-economic characteristics of migrant workers shape their financial behaviour?; Rameshkumar Subramanian, T P Arjun, and Ashique Ali K A Chapter 4. Mapping the Invisible Pathways: A Bibliometric Study on Informal Lending in the Informal Economy; Ganesh R and Naresh G Chapter 5. Industry 4.0, AI and Textile Sector in India; Manas Ranjan Bhowmik and Shantanu Baidya Chapter 6. Persisting Industrial Concentration and Signs of Industrial Dispersion: Evidence from Formal and Informal Manufacturing Sector; Renjith Ramachandran Chapter 7. Foreign Capital Inflow, Product Market Imperfection and the Informal Sector: A General Equilibrium Analysis; Sushobhan Mahata, Rohan Kanti Khan, Soumyajit Mandal, and Avishek BoseInterventionsChapter 8. Food Security in the Informal Sector: Interventions and Challenges for the SDGs; Bita Afsharinia and Anjula Gurtoo Chapter 9. The Role of Self-Help Groups in Financial Inclusion in India; Debolina Saha and Razdan Alam Chapter 10. Waste Management Practices in the Informal Settlement: Functionality of Local Assemblies; Anthony Nkrumah Agyabeng, James Kwame Mensah, and Anthony Acquah Chapter 11. Inclusivity and Climate Action: City and Informal Waste Actors Collaboration in Accra; James Kwame Mensah and Anthony Nkrumah Agyabeng Chapter 12. Strengthening Sustainable Rural Development through Entrepreneurship: An Indian Perspective; Kalpana Rajsinghot, Shashi Bala, and Puja SinghalChallengesChapter 13. Flexibility, Vulnerability, and Inclusiveness in the Gig Economy: A Review of Indian Experience in the Context of Informalisation; K Jafar, Unnimaya U.G., and Umanath Malaiarasan Chapter 14. Reconnoitring Vulnerabilities of Migrant Women Workers in the Urban Informal Labour Market; Nomita P. Kumar and Achala Srivastava Chapter 15. Informal employment, gender patterns and policies in MENA countries; Philippe Adair, Shireen AlAzzawi, and Vladimir Hlasny Chapter 16. Employment Status of Women in the Power Loom Sector: A case study of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh; Nandani Yadav and Priyabrata Sahoo Chapter 17. Identifying wage inequality in Indian urban informal labour market: A gender perspective; Shiba Shankar Pattayat and Sumit Haluwalia Chapter 18. Gender Disparity in the Informal Sector Employment in India; B S Sumalatha and V. P Nirmal Roy Chapter 19. Challenges of Women Workers in the Solid Waste Management Sector of Kerala: On the Path to Formalization; Fathima Sherin Ottakkam Thodukayil , Rahana Salahudeen Raseena, P.Udhayakumar, and Sigamani Panneer