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Research Reports

Contributing to the Fight Against HIV/AIDS within the Informal Economy: The Existing and Potential Role of Decentralized Systems fo Social Protection

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Cooperatives and Unions: Joint Action for Informal Workers

Abstract: This article discusses the possibilities of building networks between trade unions and cooperatives operating in the informal economy....

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Decent Work and the Informal Economy

General Discussion Paper, International Labour Conference, 90th session, (10 January 2002)

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Decent Work and the Informal Economy: Abstracts of working papers

The purpose of these papers was to identify the latest data and trends in the evolution of the informal economy around the world. Some of...

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Decent Work in the Informal Sector: CEE/CIS Region

ILO Working Paper on the Informal Economy , No. 7

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Developing a Conceptual Framework for a Typology of Atypical Forms of Employment: Outline of a Strategy

Paper prepared for the Joint UNECE-Eurostat-ILO. Seminar on Measurement of the Quality of Employment. 22-29 May 2002.

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Female employment under export-propelled industrialization: Prospects for internalizing global opportuninites in the apparel sector in Bangladesh

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From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan Labour Force

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Global Labor Standards: Their Impact and implementation

Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper Series, No. 46

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Globalization and Economic Reform as Seen From the Ground: SEWA’s Experience in India

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