Public and Workplace Services

Unprotected Labour: What Role for Unions in the Informal Economy?

Articles include:InterviewInformal work: From concept to action, by Christine NathanInformal work: Concept and definitionWork, law and the...

Extending Health and Safety to Informal Workers: A Photo Essay

Introduction: There is great diversity in the informal economy—of occupation, place of work, status in employment, extent of regulation,...

Street Vendors in the Global Urban Economy

Addressing the Exploitation of Children in Scavenging (Waste Picking): A Thematic Evaluation of Action on Child Labour

Global Synthesis for the ILO

Decent Work for Women and Men in the Informal Economy: Profile and Good Practices in Cambodia

This study gives an overview of trends and characteristics of informal economy employment in Cambodia. It identifi es some of the main challenges...

Urbanization and Agglomeration Benefits: Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India’s Informal Sector

This paper presents an exploration at the intersection of four important themes in the current development discourse: urbanization, agglomeration...

Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

Minor Psychiatric Disorders Among Brazilian Ragpickers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Dynamic Social Security: Securing social stability and economic development

Developments and Trends Global Report 2010, ISSA

Pension Systems for the Informal Sector in Asia