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Livelihood

Live Projects

300 million Indians live below the poverty line and 800 million earn less than $2 a day. About 70 percent of the population is rural, depending upon agriculture and forests for their livelihood. At the same time, India is rapidly urbanizing; by 2020, an estimated 40 percent of Indians will live in cities. Across India, over 90 percent of the workforce is employed in the informal sector, which excludes corporations and the government, and these workers do not have access to legal minimum wages, social security, and decent work conditions.

AIF's grant partners work with individuals in rural and urban India to increase incomes. AIF has a special focus on women, because when women have control over incomes, they invest in their families' wellbeing.