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This brief points to the inappropriate decoupling of social policy from employment objectives and outlines their intrinsic links. It argues that employment and social policies must be reconnected in policy design in order to frame solutions to the economic crisis that are grounded in long-term...
Most people who work informally are forced to do so to make ends meet rather than out of a desire to cheat the system. Yet by working in the informal economy, many become even more trapped in poverty. Oxfam has undertaken research to explore why people work informally and the impact this has on...
Conference Summary Report from an International Conference on Social Protection and Gender, held with social protection officials and civil society representatives from countries in the Southern African Development Community. Francie Lund, Director of WIEGO's Social Protection Program, contributed...
Abstract: The informal workforce is growing worldwide, and changes in the global structure of employment and in places of employment mean that work is a source of hazard and ill‐health for many poorer workers. Yet informal workers do not have access to work‐related social security. They face high...
Presentation given during panel discussion, "The Perspective of the Working Poor in the Informal Economy." The panel was conducted at EU Development Days, a conference on labor and development, October 2012. See also: Concept note Video of panel discussion
The Program maintains a Database of Conditions of Work and Employment Laws, which provides information on laws from around the world. The database covers measures on minimum wages, working hours and holidays, and maternity protection and provides information on around 130 countries from all regions.
The paper proposes a comprehensive policy response to the informal economy with four main pillars: create more formal jobs; regulate informal enterprises and informal jobs; extend state protections – social and legal – to the informal workforce; and increase the productivity of informal enterprises...
Este documento de trabajo, el primero en la serie de WIEGO, proporciona una visión global de los debates sobre la definición, la teoría y las políticas sobre la economía informal. Este documento comienza con un resumen histórico del concepto del sector informal y los debates relacionados alrededor...
This study examines the importance of the services sector and its linkages with other sectors in terms of value-added and employment from the national accounts, trade and labour force data and the input-output data as well as associated government policies for employment in Indonesia. It focuses on...
According to their website, "IDRC commissioned this working paper on “Informality, Inclusiveness, and Economic Growth” by James Heintz to better understand the notion of informality, and the complex linkages between informality, growth, and inclusiveness. The paper also provides valuable input to...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.