Philippines

Social Protection for Informal Workers in the Garment Industry: Philippines and Thailand

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil, Pakistan, Peru and Philippines

This paper brings together the findings from four country papers on informal economy budget analysis. Informal economy budget analysis asks...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City

This paper considers whether national and local government budgets in the Philippines make a difference to informal economy workers – particularly...

Reconfiguring Space, Mobilizing Livelihood: Street Vending, Legality, and Work in the Philippines

In the Philippines, the liberalization of the country’s economy has meant increasing rural to urban migration and dramatic growth in informal...

Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Domestic Workers Act

This document outlines the rules and regulations that govern the implementaion of the Domestic Worker Act.

Legal Mechanisms to Empower Informal Businesses, 2007

This paper looks into existing and available literature and information on the extent and nature of legal exclusion of informal businesses...

The Magna Carta for the Kasambahay, 2010

This bill seeks to protect domestic helpers from abuse at the hands of their employers and to guarantee them the enjoyment of their fundamental...

An Ordinance Regulating the Operation of Porters in the City of Marikina, 2007

This ordinance regulates the activites of porters in the city of Marikina.

An Ordinance Regulating the Operations of Vendors at the Central Bust Terminal at CBD II in Naga City, 2001

This ordinance regulates people doing business in CBD II who before the promulgation of this Ordinance have maintained stalls that were considered...

Research Workshop on Women Workers In Global Value Chains in the Garments Industry

Case studies – Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection on garments workers in Thailand and the Philippines