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This study analyses data from household surveys in six large Chinese cities in 2010 to describe the nature of informal employment and estimate the returns to education in the formal and informal labour markets. It is estimated that 25.4 per cent of the urban workers are informally employed and 22.2...
Street Vendors and the Right to the City is also available in English.
A special Issue of The Indian Journal of Labour Economics contains seven papers, contributed by select Chinese and Indian researchers, which are based on large surveys that were carried out in China and India as part of the research project entitled, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India...
The table of contents with descriptions is available on the ILO website and all journal articles are available on the journal's website .
The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) is an initiative of domestic workers' unions together with support organizations. The objectives of the network are: to assist in the organization of domestic workers' unions where they do not yet exist; to serve as a clearing house for the...
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and the National Urban Transport Policy have given a boost to bus rapid transit systems in many Indian cities and Ahmedabad’s Janmarg is the largest such network now in operation. This paper shows that while catering to latent transport demand...
Subtitle : Key Characteristics and Recent Trends Contract workers – those employed by a third party rather than directly by the factory or enterprise where they work – are commonly found in global garment supply chains, yet remain largely ignored and poorly understood as a specific category of...
Better Work or ‘Ethical Fix’? Lessons from Cambodia's Apparel Industry, by Dennis Arnold. In this column, Dennis Arnold focuses on ILO’s Better Work programme in Cambodia with the analysis being on the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) which was established in 2001 involving the ILO, the Cambodian...
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.