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Development Viewpoint, No. 79
Development Viewpoint, No. 81
The World Social Protection Report 2014-15 was launched by the ILO on June 3, 2014. The report is a comprehensive source of information on social protection systems, policy trends and social protection statistics. This report: (i) provides a global overview of the organization of social protection...
A report released in June 2014 by Clean Clothes Campaign shows that garment workers in Eastern Europe and Turkey are paid poverty wages and many have to work second or third jobs to be able to live. More information about the Clean Clothes Campaign is on the website .
From the Executive Summary: "Inclusive Growth, which is a new approach to economic growth that aims to improve living standards and share the benefits of increased prosperity more evenly across social groups, has become a major challenge for many countries around the world. This objective is...
The roadmap addresses the economic exclusion of informal workers in Tunisia and presents strategies for incorporating the informal sector into the formal economy, with an emphasis on extending social safety and protections to informal workers and strengthening the government's capacity to develop...
Abstract: This paper explores what we have learnt about how to instigate, negotiate or otherwise secure pro-poor government in towns and cities of the global South. With competition for scarce resources, the processes of urban development, and specifically the acquisition of land and basic services...
Background from the paper: "Governments across the world try to reduce the size of the informal sector, because of many negative aspects that are associated with informal enterprises both at macro and micro level, e.g. poor labour conditions, a poor tax basis and poor coverage of social protection...
Recyclable materials pickers have been sorting through garbage and transforming it into usable commodities for a long time in many places across the globe.
This is a report of a small study done to explore how mobile phones are being used, and might be better used, to improve the health of informal workers. The findings reported here are from a rapid survey of membership based organizations (MBOs), international alliances of MBOs, non-governmental...
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.