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Abstract: Regularisation programmes have emerged in the past 25 years or so as one of the mechanisms States use to account for and manage the undocumented immigrant population in their countries, and are usually implemented in concert with the internal and external strengthening of migration...
Background paper for Exposure-Dialogue Programme with SEWA. Read this article in German or English .
Background paper for Exposure-Dialogue Programme with SEWA. Read this article in German or English .
Abstract: The paper summarises the international statistical definition of the informal sector as adopted by the Fifteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians (15th ICLS) in 1993 and referred to in the revised System of National Accounts (SNA 1993). With a view to complementing...
ILO Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the Department for Statistics and Sociology of the Republic of Moldova
Policy Integration Department, Bureau of Statistics, Working Paper, No. 53
Destination D.C. Working Paper, No. 3 Women’s Studies Department, George Washington University and Center for Women and Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Washington, D.C.
Abstract: This paper is a theoretical review of the urban informal sector or ‘informal economy’ in developing countries. It reviews various literature on Market –Place studies done since 1970’s in different countries and studies of contemporary Small and Medium Enterprises to review the informal...
African Development and Poverty Reduction: The Macro-Micro Linkage. Forum Paper 2004.
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.