Announcing “Formalizing the Informal Economy”: A Webinar Series Towards the 2025 International Labour Conference Read More
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Journal Articles The Importance of Being ‘Rurban’Economic and Political Weekly A categorical distinction is facing rough weather–that between urban and rural. If we take just agriculture, there is so much of the... Read More Research Reports Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing The vast informal sector in India affects everything from poverty to growth. This column presents new facts on how Indian job growth in manufacturing... Read More Research Reports (In)dependent Contractor Misclassification Numerous state-level studies show that between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. ... Read More Journal Articles Informality and the state’s ambivalence in the regulation of street vending in transforming Guangzhou, ChinaGeoforum Street vending faces uncertain state responses in contemporary Chinese cities, though it plays an important role in sustaining the livelihood... Read More Research Reports The transition from the informal to the formal economy Report V(1) at 104th Session, 2015 Read More Research Reports Valuing Informal Integration: Inclusive Recycling in North Africa and the Middle East Report highlighting cases from North Africa and the Middle East of inclusive waste management systems. Lessons for improved practice in waste... Read More Books & Book Chapters In It Together: Why Less Inequality Benefits All The gap between rich and poor keeps widening. Growth, if any, has disproportionally benefited higher income groups while lower income households... Read More Books & Book Chapters Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Universal social protection in labour markets with high levels of informality The Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean is a twice-yearly report prepared jointly by the Economic Development Division... Read More Statistical Briefs A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,... Read More Research Reports Enforcement Strategies for Empowerment: Models for the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Research and Policy Brief No. 30 Read More First Prev ... 40 ... 49 50 51 ... 60 ... Next Last
The Importance of Being ‘Rurban’Economic and Political Weekly A categorical distinction is facing rough weather–that between urban and rural. If we take just agriculture, there is so much of the... Read More
Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing The vast informal sector in India affects everything from poverty to growth. This column presents new facts on how Indian job growth in manufacturing... Read More
(In)dependent Contractor Misclassification Numerous state-level studies show that between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. ... Read More
Informality and the state’s ambivalence in the regulation of street vending in transforming Guangzhou, ChinaGeoforum Street vending faces uncertain state responses in contemporary Chinese cities, though it plays an important role in sustaining the livelihood... Read More
Valuing Informal Integration: Inclusive Recycling in North Africa and the Middle East Report highlighting cases from North Africa and the Middle East of inclusive waste management systems. Lessons for improved practice in waste... Read More
In It Together: Why Less Inequality Benefits All The gap between rich and poor keeps widening. Growth, if any, has disproportionally benefited higher income groups while lower income households... Read More
Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Universal social protection in labour markets with high levels of informality The Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean is a twice-yearly report prepared jointly by the Economic Development Division... Read More
A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,... Read More
Enforcement Strategies for Empowerment: Models for the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Research and Policy Brief No. 30 Read More
