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Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study

By , on February 01, 2012

garment workers in India

In 2008, WIEGO initiated the Law and Informal Economy project, focusing on the legal aspects of helping informal workers with economic opportunity, labour rights, benefits and protection.

 

This paper highlights some of the key lessons learned from the project regarding the nature of the informal economy and the manner in which legal and policy tools can address the concerns of those working in the informal economy.

 

The model for this pilot project in India is currently underway in Ghana, Peru and Thailand.

 

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Sankaran, Kamala, and Madhav, Roopa. Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study. , , . , 2012. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sankaran_Madhav_Law and Policy Demands_ Final_February 2012.pdfSankaran, K., and Madhav, R. (2012). Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study. , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sankaran_Madhav_Law and Policy Demands_ Final_February 2012.pdfSankaran, Kamala, and Madhav, Roopa. "Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study." 2012, .Sankaran Kamala, and Madhav Roopa. "Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study." (2012). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sankaran_Madhav_Law and Policy Demands_ Final_February 2012.pdfSankaran, K, and Madhav, R 2012, 'Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study', , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sankaran_Madhav_Law and Policy Demands_ Final_February 2012.pdfKamala Sankaran, and Roopa Madhav, 'Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study' (2012). Sankaran K., and Madhav R. Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study. . 2012. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sankaran_Madhav_Law and Policy Demands_ Final_February 2012.pdfSankaran, Kamala, and Madhav, Roopa. Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study. . 2012. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sankaran_Madhav_Law and Policy Demands_ Final_February 2012.pdf

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