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A decade of ILO-India partnerships : towards a future without child labour (1992-2002)
2004 - Régions

A Field Study of Microinsurance in the Philippines
2002 - Eloisa A. Barbin; Christopher Lomboy; Elmer S. Soriano; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. A field study of microinsurance in the PhilippinesSynthèse disponible This report is part of larger multi-country project that seeks to understand how low-income entrepreneurs cope with risk in securing a livelihood and the role that insurance can play in managing risk. This paper presents the results of an extensive su ...

Un avenir sans travail des enfants: Rapport global en vertu du suivi de la Déclaration de l'OIT relative aux principes et droits fondamentaux au travail
2002 - Report of the Director-General Documents en annexe: 1. A future without child labourSynthèse disponible Un avenir sans travail des enfants, troisième rapport global présenté au titre du suivi de la Déclaration de l'OIT relative aux principes et droits fondamentaux au travail, montre comment l'abolition du travail des enfants est devenue une cause mondiale d ...

A job at any price? Decent work and the informal economy
2002 Synthèse disponible As unemployment queues grow worldwide, the pressure to find a job has never been greater. To survive, more and more people are being forced into the 'informal economy', an exploding area of activity that covers a vast range of work, from street vendors, s ...

A Labour Force Survey Module on Informal Employment (including employment in the informal sector) as a Tool for Enhancing the International Comparability of Data
2003 - Ralf Hussmanns; Département de l'intégration des politiques Documents en annexe: 1. A Labour Force Survey Module on Informal EmploymentSynthèse disponible The purpose of this paper is to propose the design of a standard module of questions on informal employment (including employment in the informal sector) for inclusion in national labour force surveys. The inclusion of such questions in labour force surv ...

A Load Too Heavy: Children Labour in Minig and Quarrying
2005 - Normes et principes et droits fondamentaux au travail

A Profile of Informal Employment: The case of Georgia.
2002 - Sabine Bernabé; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. A Profile of Informal Employment: The Case of GeorgiaSynthèse disponible This paper highlights the massive changes that have taken place in the labour market situation in Georgia, one of the poorest of the newly independent countries of the former Soviet Union. Accompanying the informalization of employment has been a comparab ...

A Thematic Evaluation of the Urban Informal Sector: ILO Actions and Perspectives
1999 Documents en annexe: 1. A Thematic Evaluation of the Urban Informal Sector: ILO Actions and PerspectivesSynthèse disponible It is of special significance that this issue of the Evaluation Highlights is a synthesis of the results of an independent thematic evaluation conducted by the Central Evaluation Unit. The main purpose of the evaluation was to take stock of the ILO's work ...

A training policy model for enhancing employability and gender equity: The Formujer Programme
2004 - Régions

ABC of Women Workers' Rights and Gender Equality
2000 Synthèse disponible This concise and easy to read guidebook assists the layperson in understanding the legal frameworks and socio-economic developments surrounding gender equality in the world of work. Completely updated and revised, this guide incorporates important informa ...

Abidjan Platform: Strategies to support mutual health organizations in Africa
1998 - STEP; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Abidjan Platform; 2. Plataforma de Abidjan; 3. Plate-forme d'AbidjanSynthèse disponible As it is neither desirable nor realistic to develop a single support strategy, it is useful to evaluate past and present strategies in order to identify successes and failures. When it involves a variety of players, the evaluation allows for the compariso ...

ACOPAM
2000 - Emploi Synthèse disponible ACOPAM is one of the ILO's largest and most longstanding technical cooperation projects in Africa. The programme promoted self-employment among the peoples of the Sahel region through the promotion of cooperatives and other self-help organizations, such a ...

Action against Sexual Harassment at Work in Asia and the Pacific
2001 - Nelien Haspels; Zaitun Mohamed Kasim; Constance Thomas and Deirdre Mc Cann; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Excerpt on the informal measures; 2. Action against Sexual Harassment at Work in Asia and the Pacific - full textSynthèse disponible This book explores the different perceptions as well as attitudes on sexual harassment and provides a definition of sexual harassment, as well as what constitutes the workplace and working relations. The publication outlines the effects of sexual harassme ...

Action Programmes for the Protection of Homeworkers
1995 - U. Huws; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Homeworkers are a particularly vulnerable category of workers due to their ambiguous legal status, their isolation and their low bargaining power. Action-oriented programmes aiming to break the isolation of homeworkers also make them aware of their rights ...

Africa's informal economy : new challenge to development and employment
1997 - Sethuraman, S. V. Synthèse disponible Presents a collection of papers which discuss the impact of macroeconomic policy environment and structural adjustment on the informal sector in Africa. ...

Syndicats africains et le defi pose par la syndicalisation des travailleuses des secteurs non syndiques - Education ouvriere, Geneve, 92,1993, p.48-57.
1993 - Date-Bah E. Synthèse disponible Includes brief summaries of the findings of case studies on the unionization of Namibian domestic workers, rural workers' organizations in Africa, and trade unions and women workers in the informal sector in Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire. ...

América Latina : brechas de equidad y progreso laboral de las mujeres en los 90
2001 - Abramo, Laís Wendel; Valenzuela, María Elena; Dialogue Social
Régions Documents en annexe: 1. América Latina : brechas de equidad y progreso laboral de las mujeres en los 90.

An approach to providing occupational health services to the informal sector: Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety
2003 - Ranjit De Alwis; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safetySynthèse disponible Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety: The Informal Sector - including small-scale enterprises ILO/FINNIDA. Vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2003), Helsinki, Pages 14 - 17 ...

An Information Guide to Migration: Preventing discrimination, exploitation and abuse of women migrant workers
2003 - Emploi Synthèse disponible Aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of the vulnerability of migrant workers, especially women, to discrimination, exploitation and abuse throughout the international labour migration process and to promote and improve legislation, policies and act ...

Analyse des resultats de l'enquete des unites economiques du secteur informel urbain du Benin
1996 - Maldonado C.; Cassehouin CH.; Moustapha DM.; Moreau, Chantal. Synthèse disponible Analyses the results of a survey of the informal sector in Cotonou, Port-Novo, Abomey, Bohicon, Parakon and Djongou, carried out in October 1992. ...

Appui a l'auto-organisation des petits producteurs et productrices de ouagadougou, burkina faso; rapport final
1996

Appui à l'association professionnelle des Institutions Financières Mutualistes (A.P.I.F.M.) : rapport d'évaluation no. 1 : MAG/95/M01/FRG
1998 - Rauch, Hubert

Appui à l'Association professionnelle des institutions financières mutualistes : rapport d'évaluation à mi-parcours du projet BIT/BMZ, MAG/95/M01/FRG
1999 - Gobbi, Sabrina de; Ratohiarijaona, Suzelin; Steinhoff, Joachim

Asian Labour Migration: Issues and Challenges in an Era of Globalization
2002 - Piyasiri Wickramasekera; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Asian Labour Migration: Issues and Challenges in an Era of GlobalizationSynthèse disponible In this paper Piyasiri Wickramasekara of ILO examines the trends and issues in Asian labour migration and challenges faced by countries and the trade union movement in protection of migrant workers. The objective of this paper is to highlight in simpl ...

Assessing the Efficiency and Outreach of Urban Micro-finance Schemes.
1996 - Chua, Ronald T.; Llanto, Gilberto M. Documents en annexe: 1. Assessing the Efficiency and Outreach of Urban Micro-finance SchemesSynthèse disponible Assesses data and information collected from five case studies on financial intermediaries (a pawnshop, a lending investor, a credit cooperative and two non governmental organizations). Makes recommendations for improving the informal sector's access to f ...

Atelier sous-régional sur l'auto-emploi et le développement de la micro et petite entreprise - Tunis, 9-12 octobre 1995
1995 - Carlos Maldonado

Attitudes à l'égard des syndicats au Bangladesh, au Brésil, en Hongrie et en Tanzanie - Revue internationale du travail, Vol 141, No 4, 2002
2002 - Sukti Dasgupta Synthèse disponible Les syndicats sont le moyen d'expression traditionnel des travailleurs, mais leurs effectifs déclinent. L'auteur présente les résultats d'une enquête sur les attitudes des travailleurs, syndiqués ou non, à l'égard des syndicats au Bangladesh, au Brésil, e ...

Auto-evaluation assistee: concept et pratique
1994 - Maldonado C.; Leuzinger F.; Badiane C.

Background Paper on the Informal Sector in the Philippines.
1994 - Endaya S., Bolanos A. Synthèse disponible Reviews and assesses the characteristics of the problems and needs of the informal sector of Metro Manila (Philippines), public policies which could have a direct effect on the growth and competitiveness of the sector, and the effectiveness of current act ...

Bangladesh : employment promotion in the non-formal sector
1998 - Régions

Benin Social Expenditure and Performance Review
2001-2003 - SOC/FAS; Protection Sociale

Le transport urbain non structuré en Afrique de l'Ouest : les taxis-motos au Bénin : Travail, No. 28 (févr. 1999)
1999 - Gbezo, Bernard E. Synthèse disponible Describes how the taxi-bike urban transport initiative in Benin appears to be solving people's mobility problems. ...

Beyond regulation: the informal economy in Latin America
1992 - Tokman V. E. Synthèse disponible Considers the relationship between informality and illegality. Presents case studies of the administrative and legal costs faced by informal units that aspire to become legal, in particular the informal taxi business in Chile and Peru. ...

Beyond Survival, Organizing the Informal Economy
2000 - Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Organizing the Informal Economy; 2. Organizar la economía informal; 3. Organiser l'économie informelleSynthèse disponible Defines the problem of organizing in the informal economy and provides some advice to trade unions, governments and international organizations on what they can do. ...

Bringing Jobs to People - Employment Promotion at Regional and Local Levels
1988 - Mayer, J. Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on the informal sectorSynthèse disponible That in countries at all levels of development (even in some of the most prosperous and advanced countries), the populations of whole regions have been left behind in their countries' development, or have suffered from the economic decline of their local ...

Brochure méthodologique sur les mutuelles de santé en Afrique
BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Rompre l'isolement: une experience d'appui aux petits producteurs urbains...
1994 - Maldonado C. Synthèse disponible Presents the ILO's Small Urban Producer Programme (SUPP) aimed at consolidating the position of small producers by organizing group-based production support services (e.g. mutual savings and loans associations and common facilties workshops). ...

Business Strategies of Informal Micro-entrepreneurs in Lima, Peru.
2003 - Valentina Zuin Documents en annexe: 1. Business Strategies of Informal Micro-entrepreneurs in LimaSynthèse disponible This paper presents the results of a field research on informal micro-entrepreneurs conducted in the Cono Norte of Lima, Peru. The research, based on semi-structured interviews, aims at understanding how micro-entrepreneurs develop their activities in a p ...

Capacitación Laboral para el Sector Informal en Colombia - Cinterfor Boletín 155
2003 - Jaime Ramírez Guerrero; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Capacitación laboral para el sector informal en ColombiaSynthèse disponible El presente estudio contiene una revisión general de las políticas y los programas que se han desarrollado durante los últimos años en el campo de la capacitación laboral para trabajadores y/o unidades productivas del sector informal en Colombia. ...

Care Work: The Quest for Security
2001 - Daly, Mary; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Excerpt on informal careSynthèse disponible This volume argues that care workers - those looking after children, the elderly and people with disabilities - require security similar to any other group of workers. It provides a valuable overview and analysis of care work as a relevant social policy p ...

Challenges of modernisation and the urban informal sector. The case of Jamaica
1998 - Alleyne, Dillon.; Jones, Donald.; Hussey, Benthan.; Régions Synthèse disponible Working Paper No. 73. Comprises three essays: Labour regulation in the small industrial enterprise sector; Jamaica's informal economy; and Taxes, regulation and the small enterprise sector. ...

Challenges to Traditional Livelihoods and Newly Emerging Employment Patterns of Pastoralists in Tanzania
2002 - Bee, Faustine K.; Diyamett, Mathew L. N.; Towo, Esther N.; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Challenges to Traditional Livelihoods and Newly Emerging Employment Patterns of Pastoralists in TanzaniaSynthèse disponible This report is a result of a one-month field work initiative undertaken in Simanjiro district in Arusha region through a community based consultative process. The study is an attempt to analyse and identify ways of strengthening the changing livelihood an ...

Changing Employment Patterns and the Informalization of Jobs: General trends and gender dimensions.
2001 - Lourdes Beneria; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Changing Employment Patterns and the Informalization of JobsSynthèse disponible The paper argues that the processes of informalization of jobs observed during the past decades have affected both high and low-income countries. Starting at the micro level of the firm, it analyzes the factors in economic restructuring and globalization ...

Channel for change : the urban informal sector in Thailand
1996 - Régions Synthèse disponible Reviews the current situation in the urban informal sector in Thailand. Outlines the approaches of government agencies and non- governmental organizations, and identifies policy goals for improving performance in this sector. ...

Child Workers in Footwear Manufacturing in Marikina.
1994 - ILO Synthèse disponible Based on interviews a sample of children and their parents, and inspections of their working environment. ...

Children in Hazardous Work in the Informal Sector in Indonesia.
1996 - Pardoen SR., Adi R., Prasadja H.; Normes et principes et droits fondamentaux au travail Synthèse disponible Investigates the risks and hazards that confront children under 15 years of age working in six kinds of informal employment in five regions of Indonesia. ...

CINTERFOR y la politica regional de la OIT
1996 - Garcia-Huidobro G.; Régions

CO-OPOLIS: Board game for establishing social cooperatives
2005 - Emploi

Codes of Conduct and Multinational Enterprises
2002 - Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on the informal sectorSynthèse disponible Examines 240 corporate codes of conduct and compares their content to the provisions contained in the ILO's Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy. This publication includes a very short section on t ...

Communautés en marche au Sahel. L'impact d'un programme de développement participatif
ILO; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Community Contracts in Urban Infrastructure Works - Practical lessons from experience
2001; Jane Tournée, Wilma van Esch; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Concepts and strategies for combating social exclusion. An overview
2003 - STEP; Jordi Estivill; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Concepts and strategies for combating social exclusion; 2. Panorama da luta contra a exclusão social. Conceitos e estratégias.; 3. Panorama de la lucha contra la exlusión social: Conceptos y estrategiasSynthèse disponible Social exclusion is a phenomenon of both the past and the present, and if nothing is done, it will also be one of the future. It affects millions of persons who struggle to survive in the hardest living and working conditions. Throughout history, the form ...

Conceptual Framework: The Informal Economy Matrix
2002 - Département de l'intégration des politiques Documents en annexe: 1. Travail décent et économie informelle; 2. Decent Work and the Informal Economy; 3. El trabajo decente y la economía informalSynthèse disponible STAT led the development of the conceptual framework presented in Report VI: Decent Work and the Informal Economy prepared for the International Labour Conference 2002. English version - 121-125p. Version Français/Espagnol - 137-142p. ...

Confronting Economic Insecurity in Afria
2004 - Dasgupta, Sukti; Paratian, Rajendra; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible This book comprises a number of papers dealing with poverty, informality and insecurity in the African context. The papers were presented at a meeting held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 26-27 May 2003. ...

Consultation on the Informal Economy and the Way Forward
2002 - Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Report on Applique...; 2. Abstract on Applique...; 3. Informal Economy & the Way Forward; 4. Nature of Informal Economy and Three Sectoral Studies; 5. Report on Brick-Klin Workers...; 6. Report on Construction Sector Workers...; 7. Abstract on Brick-Klin Workers...; 8. Abstract on Scrap Collectors...; 9. Abstract on Construction Sector Workers...

Contribution à la lutte contre le VIH/SIDA dans l'économie informelle : le rôle actuel et potentiel des systèmes de protection sociale décentralisés
2002 - STEP; ILO/AIDS; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Contribution à la lutte contre le VIH/SIDA dans l'économie informelle; 2. Contributing to the Fight Against HIV/AIDS within the Informal EconomySynthèse disponible Au cours des quatre dernières années, le programme STEP (Stratégies et Techniques contre l'Exclusion sociale et la Pauvreté) du Bureau international du Travail (BIT) s'est penché sur le potentiel des systèmes de protection sociale décentralisés (SPSD) et ...

Contribution actuelle et potentielle des Mutuelles de santé au financement,à la fourniture et à l'accès aux soins de santé: Cas du Bénin
1998 - STEP; ACOPAM; François P. Diop Documents en annexe: 1. Contribution actuelle et potentielle des Mutuelles de santé au financementSynthèse disponible L'étude a porté sur neuf pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre. Elle a été composée de: - un inventaire des mutuelles dans six pays: Bénin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Mali, Sénégal et Togo; - 22 études de cas réalisées également dans six pays: Béni ...

Contribution of Mutual Health Organizations to Financing, Delivery, and Access to Health Care: Ghana Case Study
2001 - STEP; ACOPAM; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Contribution of Mutual Health Organizations to Financing, Delivery, and Access to Health CareSynthèse disponible The study represents an important step forward in documenting and understanding the MHO experience in the WCA subregion. The main purpose is to present information that could be of use to key actors in the development of the MHOs: the members and leaders ...

Cooperative Business Associations and their Potential for Developing Countries.
2003 - Marie-France Couture; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Coopératives de services d'appui aux entreprises : Quels potentiels pour les pays en développement?; 2. Cooperative Business Associations - EnglishSynthèse disponible The objective of this study is to consider the potential of Cooperative Business Associations (CBAs) in developing countries and to decide how useful it would be for the ILO to promote this cooperative model. The study focuses particularly on CBAs set up ...

Cooperative Management Training - MATCOM
1978-1993 - Emploi Synthèse disponible The project 'Material and Techniques for Cooperative Management Training' (MATCOM) was launched in 1978 by the International Labour Office. The project developed universal cooperative management training material, which was put at the disposal of national ...

Main-d'oeuvre nonprotégée: quel syndicalisme pour l'économie informelle?
2002 - Mark Levin; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127; 2. Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127; 3. Labour Education No. 127 (2002)Synthèse disponible Cooperatives and trade unions are developing joint strategies to protect workers in the informal sector. The ILO is helping them to do so. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127, p28-33 Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127, p29-35 Labour Education 2002/ ...

Cost-effectiveness of management training in the informal sector in africa; final report
1991 - Nuebler I. Synthèse disponible Shows that many participants gained from the seminar at various levels. Applied indicators could identify and measure benefits accrued to the business women. Some evidence that training seminars without further assistance (like credit) are more effective ...

Crecimiento Con Empleo: La experiencia de los paises latinoamericanos y del sud-este asiatico.
1997 - R. Infante, V. E. Tokman Synthèse disponible En este documento se intenta identificar las características de un patrón de crecimiento que sea sostenido y genere empleos de buena calidad, que permitan reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad distributiva reforzando, con ello, las relaciones entre desarrol ...

Credit Unions and the Poverty Challenge - Extending Outreach, Enhancing Sustainability
1999 - Editor: Bernd Balkenhol; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on The Informal Financial SectorSynthèse disponible Reviews experiences of refinancing credit unions in several developing countries. Examines their capacity to increase members' shares or mobilize deposits, how refinancing facilities have influenced the quality of the loan portfolio, whether external cred ...

Credito y capacitacion para el sector informal
1987 - Mezzera J.; Régions

Dar es Salaam: Occupational safety and health in the informal sector.
1996 - Forastieri V.; Riwa PG.; Swai D. Synthèse disponible Describes a experimental pilot project on occupational safety and health for 11 informal sector clusters in two districts of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1995. ...

De la informalidad a la modernidad
2001 - Victor E. Tokman Synthèse disponible Le tesis central del libro pone énfasis en los mecanismos de acceso con una perspectiva que significa reverir el orden actual. Este exige cumplir las obligaciones sin asegurar el reconocimiento previo de los derechos, algo inhabilitante para quienes, como ...

De la informalidad a la modernidad - Cinterfor Boletín 155
2003 - Tokman, V.; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. De la Informalidad a la ModernidadSynthèse disponible La creciente informalización del trabajo obliga a elaborar estrategias de apoyo a la regulación, formalización y odernización de dicho sector. No obstante, el autor enfatiza que las acciones deben garantizar la participación e integración de los actores ...

Decent Work and Development Policies: Caribbean Tripartite Workshop
2004 - Virgilio Levaggi; Régions Synthèse disponible Decent Work and Development Policies: Caribbean Tripartite Workshop: 2-5 March 2004, Hilton Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago The workshop aimed at answering two major questions: 1. What are some of the critical economic and social challenges ...

Decent Work and Poverty Reduction Strategies: A reference manual for ILO staff and constituents
2005 - Cross Sectoral Documents en annexe: 1. Decent Work and Poverty Reduction Strategies: A reference manual for ILO staff and constituentsSynthèse disponible This Reference Manual has been developed primarily for ILO field staff and constituents to provide guidance on strengthening the linkages between the Decent Work Agenda and national Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs). The Manual provides basic backgro ...

Decent Work and the Informal Economy - General Discussion: Plenary session: Adoption of the resolution and conclusions
2002 Documents en annexe: 1. Plenary Session - French; 2. Plenary Session - English; 3. Plenary Session - SpanishSynthèse disponible Decent work and the informal economy was the subject of a general discussion at the International Labour Conference 2002. Related documents: Report VI presented to the committee, Report of the committee, Resolution and Conclusions of the committee. ...

Decent Work and the Informal Economy - Report VI presented for the General Discussion at the International Labour Conference 2002
2002 - Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Informe VI; 2. Rapport VI; 3. Report VISynthèse disponible Decent work and the informal economy was the subject of a general discussion at the International Labour Conference in June 2002. Related documents: Report of the Committee, Resolution and Conclusion of the Committee and Plenary Session. ...

Decent Work and the Informal Economy: 2002 Conference CD Rom
2002 - Emploi Synthèse disponible CD ROM produced for the follow-up to the General Discussion on Decent Work and the Informal Economy of the International Labour Conference (ILC) 2002. The CD ROM contains: - Report VI on Decent Work and the Informal Economy (in English, French and Sp ...

Travail décent et économie informelle: Résumés de documents
2002 - Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Decent Work and the Informal Economy: Abstracts; 2. Travail décent et économie informelle; 3. El Trabajo Decente y la Economía InformalSynthèse disponible Dans le cadre des travaux préparatoires pour la discussion générale sur l'économie informelle à la 90ème Conférence internationale du travail (CIT), qui se tiendra à Genève en juin 2002, le Bureau international du travail a commandité, sous l'égide de son ...

Decent Work and the Informal Economy: CD Rom with 2002 Background papers
2002 - Emploi Synthèse disponible The CD ROM contains: - Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A statistical picture - Decent Work and the Informal Economy: Abstracts of working papers - Globalization and the Informal Economy: How global trade and investment impact on the working ...

Decent Work and the Informal Economy: Report of the Commmittee - International Labour Conference 2002
2002 Synthèse disponible Decent work and the informal economy was the subject of a general discussion at the International Labour Conference 2002. Other related documents: Report VI presented to the Committee, Resolution and conclusions and Plenary Session. ...

Decent work and the informal economy: Report on 2002 ILO Conference - Tokyo
2002

Decent Work and the Informal Economy: Resolution and Conclusions from the International Labour Conference General Discussion 2002.
2002 Documents en annexe: 1. Resolución; 2. Résolution; 3. Resolution and ConclusionsSynthèse disponible Decent work and the informal economy was the subject of a general discussion at the International Labour Conference 2002. Other related documents: Report VI presented to the Committee, Report of the Committee and Plenary Session. ...

Decent work for all: targeting full employment in Thailand
2000 - Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on the informal sectorSynthèse disponible This paper, Decent work for all: Targeting full employment in Thailand, presents a timely examination of the issues and challenges in tackling the employment situation in Thailand. It is one of a series of Country Employment Policy Reviews carried out as ...

Decent work for poverty reduction: an ILO contribution to the PRSP in Nepal
ILO; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Decent Work for Women Entrepreneurs: Training of trainers workshop
2004 - Cross Sectoral Synthèse disponible This report describes the proceedings of

Decent Work in the Informal Sector: CEE/CIS Region.
2002 - B. Musiolek; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Decent Work in the Informal Sector: CEE/CIS RegionSynthèse disponible The present paper identifies some of the key factors, characteristics, variations and forms of informality in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States and other former Soviet republics. The report highlights the dramatic downs ...

Decent Work in the Informal Sector: Latin America.
2002 - J. Thomas; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Decent Work in the Informal Sector: Latin AmericaSynthèse disponible The present paper highlights some of the characteristics of the region, including the high overall levels of urbanization and the impact of globalization which has led to retrenchment and informalisation of employment in the formal sector. Latin America e ...

Decent Work Pilot Programme - Panama
2000-2006 Documents en annexe: 1. Decent Work Pilot Programme - Country BriefsSynthèse disponible This DWPP has a specific informal economy element as does Ghana and the Philippines. In the future other DWPPs may also have informal economy elements. For Panama see page 40 of the Country Briefs. ...

Decent Work Pilot Programme - Philippines
2000-2006 Documents en annexe: 1. Decent Work Pilot Programmes - Country BriefsSynthèse disponible This Decent Work Pilot Programme has a specific informal economy element, as does Ghana and Panama. In the future more DWPPs may also have informal economy elements. For the Philippines see page 45 of the Country Briefs. ...

Decent Work Pilot Programme in Ghana.
2000-2006 Documents en annexe: 1. Decent Work Pilot Programme - Country Briefs 2003Synthèse disponible This DWPP has an explicit informal economy element as does the Philippines and Panama. In the future other DWPPs may also have an informal economy element. See page 25 of the Country Briefs for the section on Ghana. ...

Delnet News: Delnet Programme Newsletter - Issue 3, October/November 2003
2003 - International Training Center of the ILO (TURIN); Régions

Desafios da modernização e setor informal urbano: O caso de Brasil
1998 - M. C. Cacciamali; L. de Lima; A. do Vale; R. Mello; J. Saboia; Régions

Desafíos de la modernización y sector informal urbano : el caso de Colombia
1998 - L. R. Gómez; G. Huertas; D. Olea.; Régions Synthèse disponible Working paper no. 87 Includes a discussion on the importance of microenterprises in the generation of employment. Analyses labour legislation and the capability of providing social protection. ...

Desafíos de la modernización y sector informal urbano. El caso de Chile
1998 - P. Baltera; R. Urmeneta,; Régions Synthèse disponible Working paper no. 70 Prosposes policies which would facilitate the access to the formal sector by the informal sector. ...

Designing programmes to improve working and employment conditions in the informal economy : a literature review
2004 - Rinehart, Richard D.; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Designing programmes to improve working and employment conditions in the informal economy : a literature reviewSynthèse disponible Reviews literature related to promoting working and employment conditions for women and men in microenterprises, small enterprises and the informal economy. Analyses the approaches and strategies that have made a positive difference in peoples' lives. ...

Development finance as institution building: a new approach to poverty-oriented banking
1994 - Krahnen JP.; Schmidt RH.

Development of the urban informal sector: policies and strategies; a discussion paper
1994 - Régions Synthèse disponible Paper from the Asian Sub-Regional Seminar On Employment Policies For The Urban Informal Sector In South Asia (1993 : Dhaka) Discusses the importance of the urban informal sector in employment generation in South Asia. ...

Development Policies and Institutional Environment for Employment Promotion in the Informal Sector in Nigeria - the case of Kano
1991 - Adenihi EO. Synthèse disponible Based on a survey of 820 informal sector enterprises, examines the main features of the informal enterprise, identifies policies which affect the development of the sector, and makes recommendations to strengthen employment promotion in the sector. ...

Dilemme du secteur non structure
1991 - Director-General of the International Labour Office

Dinamica de los mercados de trabajo y distribucion del ingreso en America
1979 - Tokman VE.; Régions Synthèse disponible ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Conference paper analysing labour market and income distribution trends in Latin America during the 1960's decade - examines the evolution of wages and minimum wages, unemployment rate, the relationships between urban areas, ru ...

Does Informal Credit Provide Security? Rural banking policy in India.
V. K. Ramachandran, M. Swaminathan; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Does Informal Credit Provide Security? Rural banking policy in IndiaSynthèse disponible This paper deals with rural banking and credit policy in contemporary India and with the effect of the current policy of financial liberalization on the credit portfolios of rural workers. It examines, first, the major directions of rural banking and cred ...

Dynamism in the informal sector in a fast growing economy: the case of Bangkok
1994 - Romijn HB.; Régions Synthèse disponible Based on the results of a field survey conducted during September- October 1989, which covered 300 small and informal activities spread out over 19 districts in Metropolitan Bangkok. ...

e-quality@work
2004 - GENPROM; Emploi Synthèse disponible e-quality@work is a factual, not analytical, compilation of available information on equal employment opportunities and can be used as a practical tool for: - Reviewing or remforming legislation - Institutional capacity building - Technical assist ...

Economics of household-operated activities in the Philippines: macro and micro perspectives
1993 - Alonzo RP.; Régions

Effects of extreme de-regulation of the labour market: Chile 1974- 1990
1995 - Lagos RA.; Régions Synthèse disponible Examines the consequences in Chile of the deregulation of the labour market within the economic restructuring process launched in the mid- 1970s. ...

El diálogo social en los países andinos : nuevo camino para los sindicatos?
2000 - Sepúlveda Malbrán, Juan Manuel; Vega Ruiz, María Luz; Régions Synthèse disponible El dialogo social será uno de los fundamentos centrales de la estabilidad social. El documento pretende ser una reflexión sistemática sobre la evolución y las perspectivas del diálogo social con especial referencia a los países andinos. El trabajo se inic ...

El plan nacional para el desarrollo de la microempresa (PNDM) de Colombia: un análisis desde la perspectiva de su desarrollo institucional
1998 - Ramírez Guerrero, Jaime.; Régions Synthèse disponible usses the National Plan of Action implemented in Colombia from 1984 to 1994 to support microenterprises. ...

El sector informal de la economía características de la micro y pequeña empresa en Costa Rica
2001 - Régions

Empleo en America latina y la heterogeneidad del sector informal
1990 - Klein E.; Régions

Empleo no registrado en el Mercosur y las políticas para reducirlo
1998 - Galin, Pedro; Régions

Empleo no registrado en el periodo 1989-1994
1995 - Galin P.; Régions Synthèse disponible Based on household survey data, analyses clandestine employment in Greater Buenos Aires from 1989 to 1994. ...

Employers' Participation in Small and Medium Enterprise Development and the Informal Economy: 23 to 24 May 2005, Ochos Rios, Jamaica
2005 - Régions Synthèse disponible To exchange the findings of surveys conducted in each country for charactering the Informal Economy and for promoting SME development as a viable sector for employment creation and sustenance; · To ascertain the national economic and social policy e ...

Employing Foreign Workers: A Manual on Policies and Procedures of Special Interest to Middle- and Low-Income Countries
1996 - Boehning WR Documents en annexe: 1. The Informal SectorSynthèse disponible This guide addresses issues including: Would a country be well advised to permit local employers to hire foreign workers? What procedures should be put in place if migrant labour is needed? What role should the State play and what role could private re ...

Emploi et protection sociale dans le secteur informel - évaluation thématique
2000 - Papers of the Governing Body. 277th Session (March 2000) Documents en annexe: 1. (b) L'emploi dans le secteur informel: enjeux et action future; 2. (a) Employment and social protection in the informal sector ; 3. (a) Empleo y protección social en el sector informal; 4. (b) Employment in the informal sector - challenges and future agenda ; 5. (b) Empleo y protección social en el sector informal; 6. (a) Emploi et protection sociale dans le secteur informelSynthèse disponible Highlights emerging trends and policy issues with regard to employment in the informal sector and their implications for the ILO's future approach to the sector, especially as regards employment promotion. ...

Employment Creation and Employment Quality in African Manufacturing Firms.
2002 - Goedhuys, Micheline; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Employment Creation and Employment QualitySynthèse disponible This study, applying econometric methods to a unique longitudinal data set of Tanzanian manufacturing firms put together by the World Bank, explores differences in net employment creation in firms of different sizes, and relates them to characteristics of ...

Employment Creation in the Informal Economy in India
2000 Documents en annexe: 1. Employment Creation in the Informal Economy in India: Report of the proceedings; 2. Speech delivered by Mr. Juan SomaviaSynthèse disponible Report of the Proceedings of the

Employment crisis in Latin America - International Labor Review, 123 (5), 1984
1984 - Tokman, Victor Synthèse disponible Article on employment policy options to deal with rising trends in urban area unemployment and underemployment in Latin America as a result of economic recession - notes the large informal sector and high rural migration; discusses state intervention in t ...

Employment in the Informal Economy in the Republic of Moldova.
2004 - Département de l'intégration des politiques Documents en annexe: 1. Employment in the Informal Economy in the Republic of MoldovaSynthèse disponible This publication is meant for circulation to a large audience of users of statistical information. It contains information on: international recommendations on the topic; the activities undertaken jointly by the DSS specialists and the international exper ...

Employment of Homeworkers: Examples of good practice
1995 - U. Huws and S. Podro; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Employment of Homeworkers: Examples of good practiceSynthèse disponible The employment and working conditions of homeworkers, including home-based teleworkers, tend to be inferior to those enjoyed by other workers doing similar work in the enterprise setting. This is often due to the lack of adequate labour legislation and co ...

Employment Relations and Labour Law in the Dar es Salaam Informal Sector.
1996 - Tajgman, D. Synthèse disponible Based on the results of a survey of persons working for others - employees - in the informal sector. The survey focused on the employment relationship of the respondents, as well as their work history, the terms and conditions under which they worked and ...

Employment-Intensive Infrastructure Programmes : Labour policies and practices
2003 - Tajgman, David ; Veen, J. J. de Synthèse disponible Based on studies and the experience of ILO technical cooperation projects. Includes recommendations for government ministries, and workers' and employers' organizations. French and Spanish versions are expected. At this point (23 March 2005) no hol ...

Enabling policy framework for urban informal sector, Thailand; ILO Japan project on strategic approaches toward employment promotion ( phase ii)
1995 - Prompunthum V.

Le travail non rémunéré : le débat n'est pas clos - Revue internationale du travail. Vol 138, No3, 1999
1999 - Lourdes Benaría Synthèse disponible Le débat sur la mesure du travail non rémunéré - donc sur la sous-estimation du travail des femmes dans les statistiques sur la main-d'¿uvre et les comptes nationaux - ne date pas d'hier. L'auteur présente brièvement les grandes questions théoriques et pr ...

Enhancing National Capacities on Home Work through HomeNet Thailand.
2001 - ILO; Régions

Egalité et renforcement du pouvoir d'action pour un travail décent - Revue internationale du travail. Vol 140, No1, 2001
2001 - Bob Hepple Synthèse disponible Les instruments juridiques en vigueur font appel à diverses conceptions de l'égalité. Alors que l'égalité formelle est porteuse d'obligations négatives (par exemple la non-discrimination), la notion d'égalité de fond ou matérielle induit trois approches q ...

Equality, Labour and Social Protection for Women and Men in the Formal and Informal Economy in Viet Nam: Issues for advocacy and policy development
2003 - Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Equality, Labour and Social Protection for Women and Men in the Formal and Informal Economy in Viet Nam: Issues for advocacy and policy developmentSynthèse disponible This study consisted of a desk review of published statistics and analyses of employment, labour and social protection in Viet Nam, as well as two small scale surveys among enterprises with many women workers in 2000 and informal economy workers in 2001, ...

Ethiopian Women Entrepreneurs, striding with confidence and poise.
IFP/SEED, Employment Sector; Emploi

Ethiopian Women Entrepreneurs: Going for Growth
2003 - Emploi
Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Ethiopian Women Entrepreneurs: Going for GrowthSynthèse disponible This report on

Expansion of Social Security to the Informal Sector
2002 - Régions

Experiencas de apoyo al sector informal urbano
1993 - Mezzera J.; Régions

Exploration into the nature of informal-formal sector interrelationships
1977 - Tokman VE.; Régions Synthèse disponible Prealc-ILO pub-WEP pub. Monograph on the relationship between the informal sector and formal sector with particular reference to the economy of Chile - analyses the structure of the informal sector, the size of enterprise, balance of payments, consumption ...

Etude de la faisabilité d'une Fiducie sociale mondiale
2002 Documents en annexe: 1. Exploración de la viabilidad de un fideicomiso social mundial; 2. Etude de la faisabilité d'une Fiducie sociale mondiale; 3. Exploring the Feasibility of a Global Social Trust

Etendre l'assurance santé au Sénégal: possibilités à travers les régimes statutaires et les orgnanisations mutualistes
2002-2002 - Fall, Couty; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. F535887417/477sp1.pdf; 2. F878152013/476sp1.pdf

Extending maternity protection to women in the informal economy: An overview of community-based health-financing schemes
2003 - STEP; CONDIT; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Extending maternity protection to women in the informal economySynthèse disponible This overview is part of a selection of studies exploring possibilities to extend maternity protection to women in the informal economy using micro-insurance and other community-based health-financing schemes. Initial exploratory research has been carried ...

Extending Maternity Protection to Women in the Informal Economy: The case of India (VimoSEWA)
2002 - STEP; CONDIT; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Extending Maternity Protection to Women in the Informal EconomySynthèse disponible This paper is part of a series exploring possibilities to extend maternity protection to women in the informal economy through micro-insurance and other community-based health-financing schemes. Initial exploratory research has been carried out, which loo ...

Extending Maternity Protection to Women in the Informal Economy: The case of Nepal
2002 - STEP; CONDIT; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Extending Maternity Protection to Women in the Informal EconomySynthèse disponible This paper is part of a series exploring possibilities to extend maternity protection to women in the informal economy through micro-insurance and other community-based health-financing schemes. Initial exploratory research has been carried out, which loo ...

Extending Social Protection in Health through Community Based Health Organizations: Evidence and challenges
2002 - STEP; UNIVERSITAS; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Extending Social Protection in Health through Community Based Health Organizations

Extending Social Security: Policies for Developing Countries
2003; Wouter van Ginneken; Protection Sociale
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Extension of social security coverage for the informal economy in Indonesia : surveys in the urban and rural informal economy
2004 - Angelini, John; Hirose, Kenichi; Régions Synthèse disponible This paper focuses on the extension of social security coverage to workers in the informal economy. In particular, the paper presents the results of surveys assessing social security needs of workers in the informal economy in both urban and rural areas. ...

Extention of Social Security
Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible A series of working papers (ESS) are available which discuss the extension of social security in various countries. ...

External Liberalization, Macroeconomic Instability and the Labour Market in Brazil.
2002 - Matias Vernengo; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. External Liberalization, Macroeconomic Instability and the Labour Market in BrazilSynthèse disponible This Employment Working Paper (no. 2002/44) argues that, in Brazil, trade liberalization, which occurred only in the early 1990s, led to rather puzzling developments. It failed to stimulate manufactured exports but substantially boosted manufactured impor ...

Feasability Study for the Establishment of a Common Facility Center in Marikina.
1994 - Sea Consultants Synthèse disponible Based on a sample survey of leather goods and footwear manufacturers in Marikina (Philippines), provides a full assessment of the technical and financial feasibility of a common facility centre in view of determining whether it should be established. ...

Federation of Kenya Employers: Case study.
2002 - C. O. Nyangute; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Federation of Kenya Employers: Case studySynthèse disponible This paper describes the involvement of one of Africa's oldest and most established employers' organizations in supporting the development of dynamic, growth-oriented enterprises in the informal sector. FKE became involved in supporting micro- and small-s ...

Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia CCM.
2002 - L. Jankulovska; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Federation of Trade Unions of MacedoniaSynthèse disponible Originally prepared for a sub-regional meeting of trade unions, the ILO arranged for translation of this paper into English. The objective was to understand how the trade union movement perceived the employment situation, particularly in some of the poore ...

Female Itinerant Maize Traders in Southern Mozambique: A study of a higher-end informal sector activity and its potential for poverty reduction.
2001 - F. De Fletter Synthèse disponible Based on a study of 20 female maize traders, explores their motives for undertaking this activity, investigates trading- related activities and estimates costs and profits. Examines the constraints faced by these women and highlights the importance of mic ...

Financing of Social Protection
2004 - M. Cichon et al.; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Financing Social ProtectionSynthèse disponible Discusses the design and maintenance of national social protection systems that ensure an effective and efficient use of available resources at the community, national and international levels, while supporting long-term economic development. Guides throu ...

Flexibility and security in the labour market : Hungary' s experience
2005 - János Köllõ; Beáta Nacsa; Régions Synthèse disponible Discusses the current state of the Hungarian labour market through an international comparison, introduces the most important institutions conditioning wage setting, hiring, firing and other aspects of the employment relationship and reviews the existing ...

Flexibility and Security in the Labour Market: Croatia's Experience
2005 - Sanja Crnkovic-Pozaic; Régions Synthèse disponible Discusses the issues of flexibility/security of employment in Croatia, focusing on formal and infomal segments of the labour market, looks at how they interact and examines how changes in legislation, policy and institutions influence both. ...

Flexibilizing Employment: An Overview
2003 - Kim Van Eyck; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Flexibilizing Employment: An OverviewSynthèse disponible This paper in order to expand the knowledge base on the process of informalization of the formal economy, a process that is contributing to the rapid growth of the informal economy worldwide. The objective of the paper goes beyond that of defining the ...

Foreign labour in Lithuania: Immigration, employment and illegal work
1999 - A. Sipavicieno; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Foreign labour in Lithuania: Immigration, employment and illegal workSynthèse disponible This study examines the immigration, employment and illegal work of foreign nationals in Lithuania. Similar studies have been carried out on the situation in the Czech Republic, Hungary and the Russian Federation. The objective of the research is to pr ...

Formación en calificaciones en el sector informal en China
2003 - Grupo de Investigaciones del Departamento de Formación y Empleo del Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de China; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Formación en calificaciones en el sector informal en ChinaSynthèse disponible El crecimiento del sector informal en China permitió aliviar presiones y reajustes en el mercado laboral, transformando a la capacitación y formación de dichos trabajadores en un problema de urgente atención por parte del gobierno. La descripción y el aná ...

Formalization of Enterprises through Registration
1994 - Allal M; Roaring E; Roaring V Synthèse disponible Based on a sample survey of both registered and non- registered enterprises. Seeks to identify the reasons or constraints which prevent enterprises from formally registering. Volume I describes the current registration procedures, assesses the findings of ...

Formation des Inspecteurs du Travail dans le Cadre d'une Politique Nationale du Travail au Burkina Faso, Burundi, Rwanda, Sénégal
1998 Synthèse disponible OBJECTIVES: National labour policy concerning safety and health at the workplace in selected countries reformed with emphasis on the informal and agricultural sectors. Labour inspectors trained to undertake inspections in the sectors. Central labour inspe ...

Formation à l'autogestion des périmètres irrigués: Base méthodologique du programme d'alphabétisation fonctionelle
1995; BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Formation à l'autogestion des périmètres irrigués: Guide d'évaluation du programme d'alphabétisaton fonctionnelle
1996; BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Formation à l'autogestion des périmètres irrigués: La redevance
1996; BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Formation à l'autogestion des périmètres irrigués: Première phase du programme d'alphabétisation fonctionelle
1995; BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Formation à l'autogestion des périmètres irrigués: Troisième phase du programme d'alphabétisaton fonctionnelle
1996; BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Formation à la gestion des banques céréalières - Auto-évaluation
BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Formation à la gestion des banques céréalières: Approvisionnement, stockage et cession des céréales
1997; BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Formation à la gestion des banques céréalières: Bilan de la campagne
BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Formation à la gestion des banques céréalières: Comptabilité
1997; BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Formation à la gestion des banques céréalières: Organisation interne
1997; BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Formation, emploi et productivite dans le secteur non structure urbain; une etude prospective
1976 - Nihan G. Synthèse disponible ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper exploring the link between training, urban area employment and productivity in the urban area informal sector of developing countries - includes small scale industry, the self employed, handicrafts activities and low income ...

FORMUJER: Programa Regional para el Fortalecimiento de la formación profesional y técnica de mujeres de bajos ingresos
Régions Synthèse disponible FORMUJER es un programa regional, co-financiado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Su coordinación regional y supervisión técnica y metodológica está a cargo de CINTERFOR/OIT y la ejecución de los Proyectos Pilotos Nacionales es encarada por el Mi ...

Franchising as an "Integrating" Approach to the Informal Sector: Some preliminary findings.
1996 - Bangasser, PE Synthèse disponible Discusses how to use franchising as a means of integrating the informal sector into mainstream economic life. ...

From the Shadows to the Fore: Practical actions for the social protection of homeworkers
1993 - Lazo, L Synthèse disponible Three papers on homeworkers: Thailand: Includes: a report on a survey of 132 homebased workers from eight selected villages; a project report on building a network of rural women homeworkers; a project report on training and developing women homeworker ...

Future of urban employment (5th June 1996, Istanbul, Turkey) : report and proceedings
1996 Synthèse disponible From: United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (2nd : 1996 : Istanbul, Turkey) Focuses on globalization and the future of the formal and informal urban economy, and on poverty and unemployment and the need to establish social safety nets to maxi ...

Gender and Population in the Adjustment of African Economies: Planning for Change
1991 - Palmer, Ingrid Documents en annexe: 1. Gender and Population in the Adjustment of African Economies: Planning for Change - The informal sectorSynthèse disponible Structural adjustment issues, gender issues and demographic issues are all of great concern to policy-makers and scholars. To date, however, their intersection has not received sufficient attention. These interrelationships take on added importance in ...

Gender and Population in the Adjustment of African Economies: Planning for Change - 2nd Edition
1994 - Palmer I. Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on employment in the informal sectorSynthèse disponible Addresses the interrelationships between structural adjustment issues, gender issues and demographic issues in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on examples from a number of African countries from both the agricultural and non- agricultural sector, it analyses ho ...

Gender and the Informal Economy in Latin America: New challenges and possible answers from the point of view of labour training policies
Anaclara Matosas; Sara Silvera; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Género y Economía Informal ; 2. Gender and the Informal Economy - EnglishSynthèse disponible Initial assumptions and guidelines for an occupational training policy focusing on the improvement of employability and gender equity. Drafted by Sara Silveira and Anaclara Matosas, Cinterfor/ILO. ...

Gender Dimension of Skill Development in Nepal: Focus on Access to Training for Women and Socially Excluded Groups: Employment Opportunities after Training.
2002 - M. P. Mainali; B. Sharma and B. Shrestha; Emploi

Gender Dimensions of the Economic Crisis and Employment in Urban Informal and Rural Sectors in Indonesia
2000 - Adioetomo, Sri Moertiningsih; Handayani, Dwini; Sri Harijati Hatmadji; Otobe, Naoko; Régions Synthèse disponible Examines the specific gender dimensions of the impact of the economic crisis and analyses various effects of changing economic factors on employment of both men and women workers in the urban informal and rural sectors using survey and focus group discuss ...

Gender Equality and the Extension of Social Protection
2003 - Rachel Sabates-Wheeler; Naila Kabeer; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Gender Equality and the Extension of Social ProtectionSynthèse disponible Gender is rarely used as a differentiating lens by which to understand more fully the various experiences and ramifications of the social protection agenda. This paper takes as its starting point the overwhelming evidence that women occupy a disadvantaged ...

Gender Equality in the World of Work
2003 - Bureau for Gender Equality Documents en annexe: 1. Gender in the World of Work - Issue 4Synthèse disponible ILO Electronic newsletter. Issue 7, January-April 2004 Sections referring to informal economy: - Gender statistics become a core prinicipal - Empowering women in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Promoting decent work for women in India - Equalit ...

Gender Equality: A Guide to Collective Bargaining
2002; Elizabeth Goodson, Faith O'Neill, Kathini Maloba-Caines, Shauna Olney; Dialogue Social
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Gender Mainstreaming in Technical Cooperation Projects: the experience of the ILO Global Programme STEP
2003 - STEP; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Gender Mainstreaming in Technical Cooperation ProjectsSynthèse disponible The Global Programme STEP (Strategies and Tools against Social Excusion and Poverty) has since its inception, put emphasis on undertaking regular internal evaluations on how the gender dimension is being considered in its activities related to technical c ...

Giving voice to the unprotected workers in the informal economy in Africa : the case of Zimbabwe
2004 - Kanyenze, Godfrey; Régions Synthèse disponible Examines the growth of the informal economy since 1980. Presents interventions by the ILO, the government and trade unions. ...

Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All
2002-2006 - STEP; Social Protection Sector; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible The first phase of the campaign seeks to place the extension of social security at the top of the development agenda in as many countries as possible. National and international policy makers will receive assitance in developing strategies to extend cover ...

Global Employment Agenda
Employment Sector; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. l' Agenda global pour l'emploi - Conseil d'administration 2003; 2. Global Employment Agenda - Discussion paper; 3. Del Programa Global de Empleo - Consejo de Administración 2003; 4. Global Employment Agenda - Governing Body Review 2003Synthèse disponible Outlines a new approach which would enhance the success of employment policies. This approach stresses the integration of economic and social policies, and the interaction between sound macroeconomic and development policies and well-functioning labour ma ...

Global Employment Trends
2003 - Employment Sector; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Global Employment Trends - Governing Body paper; 2. Tendances mondiales de l'emploi - Conseil d'administration; 3. Tendencias del empleo mundial - Consejo de AdministraciónSynthèse disponible This paper reports on global employment trends in the current economic conjuncture and presents an analysis with examples of the effectiveness of economic and employment policies to promote employment growth. A summary of current global and regional e ...

Global Social Trust.
2002 - Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. The Global Social Trust pilot project - Governing Body Paper; 2. El proyecto piloto de Fideicomiso Social - Consejo de Administración; 3. Le projet pilote de Fiducie sociale - Conseil d'administrationSynthèse disponible Status review of the Global Social Trust - an innovative concept in which individual contributors in donor countries are brought together in partnership with recipient countries to extend sustainable social security provision. ...

Mondialisation et économie informelle: l'impact de la mondialisation des échanges et des investissements sur les travailleurs pauvres
2002 - Marilyn Carr and Martha Alter Chen; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Globalization and the Informal Economy: How Global Trade and Investment Impact on the Working Poor; 2. La globalización y la economía informal: las repercusiones de la globalización del comercio y la inversión en los trabajadores pobres; 3. Mondialisation et économie informelle: l'impact de la mondialisation des échanges et des investissements sur les travailleurs pauvresSynthèse disponible Ce rapport fait le point de la situation sur la mondialisation et l'économie informelle en s'intéressant plus spécialement au cas des travailleuses et des productrices. Comme il le montre, la mondialisation, génératrice d'insécurité de l'emploi salarié et ...

Globalization, gender and employment in the informal economy : the case of the Philippines
2000 - Dejillas, Leopoldo J.; Régions Synthèse disponible Examines gender-differentiated effects of globalization on the Philippine informal sector. Investigates, in particular, whether or not there are significant gender-differentiated patterns and changes in the nature and level of employment, wages and income ...

Globalisation et migrations de main-d'¿uvre: Importance de la protection
2003 - Patrick A. Taran; Eduardo Geronimi; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Globalization, Labour and Migration: Protection is Paramount; 2. Globalización y migraciones laborales: importancia de la protección; 3. Globalisation et migrations de main-d'oeuvre: Importance de la protectionSynthèse disponible Dans le contexte de la mondialisation contemporaine, la mobilité internationale de la main-d'¿uvre s'est accrue alors que l'exploitation de travailleurs et la déréglementation se sont intensifiées. Les pratiques actuelles concernant la migration de travai ...

Globalization, social exclusion and work: with special reference to informal employment and gender
2004 - Marilyn Carr; Martha Chen; Département de l'intégration des politiques Documents en annexe: 1. Globalization, social exclusion and work: with special reference to informal employment and genderSynthèse disponible The paper focuses therefore on the nature of employment opportunities associated with globalization: notably, the terms of inclusion (of paid workers) and the barriers to inclusion (of the self-employed) in global production systems; and the forms of excl ...

Good Municipal Governance in the Informal Economy: Ensuring rights and opportunities for decent work.
2002 - IFP/SEED; Employment Sector; Emploi

Good Practice Study in Shanghai on Employment Services for the Informal Economy.
2002 - J. Howell; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Good Practice Study in Shanghai on Employment Services for the Informal EconomySynthèse disponible The paper presents the historical context of changes in labour market policies since 1947 and the current crisis of growing numbers of unemployed workers. These include retrenched workers due to privatisation and restructuring of industry as well as incre ...

Governance of globalization - The ILO contribution
1998 - Robert Kyloh; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Governance of globalization - The ILO contributionSynthèse disponible Deals with several aspects of the international trade union agenda which are being developed in response to the challenge of globalization. Explains and elaborates policies and position papers adopted by various international trade union centres, as well ...

Government policies and the urban informal sector in sub-saharan Africa: a comparative study on Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Angola
1993 - Assuncao P.

Growing out of Poverty: How employment promotion can improve the lives of the urban poor
2005 - Kees van der Ree; Marja Kuiper; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. F453227141/WP74-2005.pdfSynthèse disponible This paper documents the employment dimension of urban poverty reduction strategies in general slum-upgrading in particular, and builds the argument that employment generation for the urban poor can be effectively promoted at the local level through the s ...

Guía Educativa sobre Cadenas Productivas, Trabajo a Domicilio y Organización Sindical
2004 - Editores: Laís Abramo; Eduardo Rodríguez Calderón; Giovanna Rossignotti; Emploi Synthèse disponible Presents a guide, geared to help analyse and strengthen trade union's participation in the formulation and promotion of decent working conditions for those working at home and in production chains. ...

Guía para la Realización de Estudios de Caso de Sistemas de Seguro de Salud (Micro-seguros)
1999 - STEP; OPS; Protection Sociale
Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Guía para la Realización de Estudios de Caso de Sistemas de Seguro de Salud

Género y economía informal en América Latina. Nuevos retos y respuestas posibles desde las políticas de formación para el trabajo
2003 - Sara Silveira; Anaclara Matosas; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Género y economía informal en América Latina. Nuevos retos y respuestas posibles desde las políticas de formación para el trabajoSynthèse disponible La flexibilidad, inestabilidad e inequidad del mercado laboral latinoamericano exigen intervenciones que apunten al fortalecimiento de la empleabilidad y la equidad de género a través del desarrollo de autonomía y habilidades tanto individuales como colec ...

Habilidades y competencias para el sector informal en América Latina: Una revisión de la literatura sobre programas y metodologías de formación - Cinterfor Boletín 155
2002 - M. A. Gallart; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Habilidades y competencias para el sector informal en América Latina: Una revisión de la literatura sobre programas y metodologías de formación

Health care: an unreachable star for small-scale employees in developing countries: African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
2003 - A. Kayumba, L.B. Mlingi; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. African Newsletter on Occupational Health and SafetySynthèse disponible Article in the African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: Informal sector including small-scale enterprises Volume 13, No. 1, April 2003,ILO/FINNIDA, Helsinki, Pages 7 - 10 ...

Health Impact of Occupational Risks in the Informal Sector in Zimbabwe.
1998 - R. H. Loewenson; Normes et principes et droits fondamentaux au travail Documents en annexe: 1. Executive Summary; 2. Ch 4 - Issues and Conclusions; 3. Research Questionnaire (Appendix); 4. Ch 2 - Literature Review; 5. Ch 1 - Introduction; 6. Ch 5 - Future Surveys; 7. Ch 3 - Survey; 8. Ch 6 - BibliographySynthèse disponible The report outlines information from the literature on the sector, the jobs and work environment problems it involves and documented information on occupational injury and illness. The review provides evidence that there is a significant level of reported ...

Health Insurance for Workers in the Informal Economy: Exploring the potential of micro-insurance schemes.
2000 - W. Van Ginneken Synthèse disponible Paper from International conference on health system financing in low-income African and Asian countries. Clermont-Ferrand, 30 Nov. - 1 Dec. 2000. ...

Health micro-insurance: A compendium
2000 - STEP; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Health micro-insurance: A compendiumSynthèse disponible This compendium provides key information on 130 health micro-insurance systems (HIMS) from 26 countries and 3 continents. Its aim is to serve as a facilitating tool for interested parties who would like to initiate contact with HIMS operators and develope ...

Health Protection for Informal Sector Workers: Recent health policy innovations in social security.
2001 - W. Van Ginneken

Higher Productivity and a Better Place to Work: Action manual
1988 - J.E. Thurman, K. Kogi and A.E. Louzine Documents en annexe: 1. Higher Productivity and a Better Place to Work: Action manualSynthèse disponible This manual shows how to take simple, effective, low-cost action which raises productivity while improving conditions at the workplace. Owners and managers of small and medium- sized enterprises will find useful ideas on key topics, such as the handling a ...

Higher Productivity and a Better Place to Work: Trainers' manual
1988 - J.E. Thurman, K. Kogi and A.E. Louzine; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible This manual explains how to organize and carry out training designed to improve productivity and working conditions in small and medium-sized enterprises. It is based on extensive field experience and careful analysis of the real needs of owners and manag ...

Historique d'une decennie d'appui au secteur informel du Mali
1994 - Silvestre E.; Sarr S. Synthèse disponible Describes the implementation of the project, including the promotion of carpentry, construction and metalworking-related craftsmanship, from February 1982 to December 1992. ...

HIV Epidemic and other crisis response in sub-Saharan Africa
2002; Desmond Cohen; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

HIV/AIDS + work : technical cooperation : A means to implement the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work
2004 - Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. HIV/AIDS + work : technical cooperation : A means to implement the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of workSynthèse disponible The ILO has established itself as a significant contributor to international efforts to prevent and mitigate the impact of HIV/ AIDS in the world of work. This document describes how technical cooperation is formulated and implemented to support these eff ...

Home Work in Argentina
1998-2001 - Elizabeth Jelin; Matilde Mercado; Gabriela Wyczykier; Régions
Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Home Work in Argentina; 2. El trabajo a domicilio en ArgentinaSynthèse disponible This report is part of a series of studies carried out by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in connection with the Latin American component of the ILO inter-regional project 'Homeworkers in the Global Economy'. The purpose of these studies i ...

Home Work in Brazil: New Contractual Arrangements
2001 - Lena Lavinas; Bila Sorj; Leila Linhares; Angela Jorge; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Home Work in Brazil: New Contractual Arrangements; 2. Trabalho a domicilio: Novas formas de contratualidadeSynthèse disponible This report is part of a series of studies carried out by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in connection with the Latin American component of the ILO inter-regional project 'Homeworkers in the Global Economy'. The purpose of these studies is to ...

Home Work in Chile: Past and Present Results of a National Survey
1998 - Henríquez, H.; Riquelme, V.; Gálvez T.; Selamé T.; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. El trabajo a domicilio en Chile, un tema antiguo y actual: Resultados de una medición nacional; 2. Home Work in Chile: Past and Present Results of a National SurveySynthèse disponible This report is part of a series of studies carried out by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in connection with the Latin American component of the ILO inter-regional project 'Homeworkers in the Global Economy'. The purpose of these studies is to ...

Home Work in Selected Latin American Countries: A comparative view
1999-2000 - Manuela Tomei Documents en annexe: 1. El trabajo a domicilio en países seleccionados de América Latina: una visión comparativa; 2. Home Work in Selected Latin American Countries: A comparative viewSynthèse disponible This paper is part of a series of studies made in order to ascertain/explore whether home work in Latin America is a residual form of work that is 'becoming extinct', as was considered for many years to be the case, or whether it is in fact a mode of empl ...

Home work in Thailand: Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety
2003 - Chavalitnikikul, Chaiyuth; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safetySynthèse disponible Article examining working at home as a mode of informal employment as practiced in Thai society and the intervention of Thai government. Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety: The Informal Sector - including small-scale enterprises ...

Homeworkers in Paraguay
2000 - María Victoria Heikel Documents en annexe: 1. Homeworkers in Paraguy; 2. Trabajadores a domicilio en ParaguaySynthèse disponible This paper is part of a series of studies made to ascertain/explore whether home work in Latin America is a residual form of work that is 'becoming extinct', as was considered for many years to be the case, or whether it is in fact a mode of employment th ...

Homeworkers in Peru.
2000 - Francisco Verdera Documents en annexe: 1. Trabajadores a domicilio en el Perú; 2. Homeworkers in PeruSynthèse disponible This paper is one of a series of studies made to ascertain/explore whether home work in Latin America is a residual form of work that is 'becoming extinct', as was considered for many years to be the case, or whether it is in fact a mode of employment tha ...

How to Prevent Accidents on Small Construction Sites
1992 - Zuiaa Ajali Katika Ujenzi, Illustrated by Rita Walle; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. How to Prevent Accidents on Small Construction Sites

How to work as an extension worker to organize workers in the informal economy
2005 - Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. How to work as an extension worker to organize workers in the informal economy.Synthèse disponible Describes the role of Syndicoop in strengthening trade union-cooperative collaboration. Gives advice on how to carry out project monitoring, and how to consider gender and child labour issues. Gives the workshop programme and proceedings, and appends gend ...

ICOH2003 in Iguassu Falls, Brazil: Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety
2003 - Suvi Lehtinen; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safetySynthèse disponible Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety: The Informal Sector - including small-scale enterprises ILO/FINNIDA. Vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2003), Helsinki, Page 23 ...

IDEASS - Ricancie an experience of community tourism
2003 - Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Ricancie an experience of community tourism; 2. Una experiencia de turismo comunitario RicancieSynthèse disponible Ricancie (Indigenous Community Network of the Upper Napo for Intercultural Exchange and Eco-tourism), a network of ten Quichua communities in the Upper Napo valley, was a pioneer in establishing an innovative tourism programme. Based on respect for the na ...

IDEASS: The Local Economic Development Agency.
2003 - Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. The Local Development Agency: IDEASS ; 2. Agências de Desenvolvimento Económico: IDEASSSynthèse disponible The IDEASS objective is to reinforce local development processes through the increased use of innovations in the field of human development and decent work. The Initiative acts as a catalyst to disseminate social, economic and technological innovations, w ...

Illegal labour migration and employment in Hungary
1999 - Judit Juhász; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Illegal labour migration and employment in HungarySynthèse disponible This study examines the immigration, employment and illegal work of foreign nationals in Hungary. Similar studies have been carried out on the situation of illegal migrant workers in the Czech Republic, Lithuania and the Russian Federation. The objecti ...

ILO and the financial sector: small financial mechanisms in support of poverty alleviation, enterprise promotion and self-reliant development
1991 Synthèse disponible Conference report from the Technical Consultation on The ILO and the Financial Sector, (1991 : Geneva, Switzerland) Relating to; enterprise creation, self reliance, informal sector, credit, financing, role of ILO, developing countries - banking, small ...

Mise en oeuvre des directives pratiques du BIT sur le VIH/SIDA et le monde du travail - manuel de formation
2002 - Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Guide to Manual - English; 2. Module 1 - English; 3. Module 7 - English; 4. Module 2 - French; 5. Module 3 - English; 6. Module 6 - French; 7. Module 6 - English; 8. Complete Manual - French; 9. Module 8 - English; 10. Module 2 - English; 11. References - French; 12. Module 1 - French; 13. References - English; 14. Module 4 - English; 15. Module 5 - French; 16. Module 8 - French; 17. Module 3 - French; 18. Guide to Manual - French; 19. Module 4 - French; 20. Module 5 - English; 21. Module 7 - French; 22. Complete Manual - EnglishSynthèse disponible L'objectif de ce manuel est d'aider les partenaires de l'OIT à mieux cerner les problèmes en jeu et à mettre en oeuvre le Recueil de directives pratiques du BIT sur le VIH/SIDA et le monde du travail adopté en mai 2001. Ce recueil est au centre des activi ...

ILO Compendium of Official Statistics on Employment in the Informal Sector.
2002 - STAT; Département de l'intégration des politiques

Impact of Micro-Finance on the Efficiency of Micro-Enterprises in Cape Coast
2001 - Vijay K. Bhasin; Wisdom Akpalu; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Impact of Micro-Finance on the Efficiency of Micro-Enterprises in Cape CoastSynthèse disponible It has been observed that the NBSSI has been performing very well as far as the training services are concerned. As far as the provision of credit is concerned, NBSSI has not performed well according to the expectations of hairdressers, dressmakers and wo ...

Impact of the Economic Crisis on Homeworkers in Thailand
2002 - Régions Synthèse disponible Describes the changing conditions and problems faced by homeworkers in two industries, the artificial flower and ready-made garment industries. Briefly reviews the early 1990s and then focuses on the years 1997-2001, which are the critical years of the fi ...

Improve your Working Environment and Business (I-WEB) for Micro and Small Entrepreneurs. Action Manual
IFP SEED, TRAVAIL; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Improvement of the apprenticeship system in the informal sector in Tanzania
1996 - Mwinuka JB.

Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment in the Informal Sector through Safety and Health Measures.
1999 - Valentina Forastieri; Normes et principes et droits fondamentaux au travail Documents en annexe: 1. Improvement of working conditions and environment in the informal sector through safety and health measuresSynthèse disponible Inadequate safety and health standards and environmental hazards are particularly evident in the case of the informal sector. Informal sector workers do not have the necessary awareness, technical means and resources to implement health and safety measure ...

Improving Business through Better Working Conditions - Training for Micro and Small Entrepreneurs
2003; Marilou M. Calzado; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Improving Safety, Health and the Working Environment in the Informal Footwear Sector.
2002 - Pia Markkannen; Normes et principes et droits fondamentaux au travail Synthèse disponible Focuses on workplace hazards, preventive measures and day-to-day management practices relevant to informal shoe workshops. Presents practical low-cost and locally-identified measures to improve working conditions. ...

Improving Safety, Health and the Working Environment in the Informal Sector, PATRIS Operator's MANUAL.
1999 - ILO Synthèse disponible This manual shows how to take simple, effective, and low-cost action which improves safety and health at the workplace and at the same time raises productivity. The training method encourages owners and operators to make concrete improvements at the shop- ...

Improving Safety, Health and the Working Environment in the Informal Sector, PATRIS TRAINER'S Guide.
1999 - ILO Synthèse disponible This brief guide explains how to organise and carry outtraining designed to improve safety, health and working conditions in the informal sector workplaces by using the attached training materials. The training method is called PATRIS (Participatory Actio ...

Improving Working and Employment Conditions of Unprotected Workers (WISER): The next steps
Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Based on many experiences of ILO and other organizations around the world, the effectiveness of WISE and related approaches in provoking voluntary and practical action to improve working conditions of unprotected workers has been demonstrated. The next ch ...

Improving Working Conditions and Productivity in the Garment Industry: Action manual
1998 - Juan Carlos Hiba (ed.) Documents en annexe: 1. Improving Working Conditions and Productivity in the Garment Industry: Action manual.Synthèse disponible If you own or manage a small or medium-sized enterprise producing garments, you are responsible for an important contribution to the national economy. People depend on you for jobs and for your products. The bulk of social and economic growth in most coun ...

Incomes Policies in the Wider Context - Wage, Price and Fiscal Initiatives in Developing Countries
1992 - Paukert F.; Robinson, D. Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on formal and informal employmentSynthèse disponible Most developing countries have experienced increasing difficulties, especially since the 1970s, in coping with rising prices, finding the right balance between efficiency and equity in wage policies, and achieving economic growth and better income distrib ...

Incorporación de la Dimensión de Género en las Políticas de Erradicación de la Pobreza y Generación de Empleo en América Latina
2003 - Valenzuela, María Elena (ed.); Régions Synthèse disponible En este libro 'Mujeres, Pobreza y Mercado de Trabajo. Argentina y Paraguay' realizado bajo la dirección de María Elena Valenzuela, se presentan tres estudios con los que esperamos contribuir, a través de nuevos conocimientos, a la generación de propuestas ...

Incorporating the informal sector into the macroeconomic information base: some definitions and conceptual issues
1996 - Bangasser PE. Synthèse disponible Attempts to identify and classify informal sector economic units. Looks at the employment status of the informal workforce. ...

India : social protection for the unorganized sector
2000 - Ginneken, Wouter van; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Reviews the existing social security schemes and makes suggestions for the improvement of social protection in three areas: the promotion of social insurance in the unorganized sector: social assistance for old-age, survivors, maternity and invalidity; an ...

Observations sur l'inégalité professionnelle dans l'économie informelle - Revue internationale du travail, Vol. 142, no. 4 (2004)
2003 - Harriss-White, Barbara Synthèse disponible Dans nombre de pays, les lois qui proscrivent la discrimination au travail ne sont effectives que pour une petite minorité de travailleurs et ces lois font référence à des catégories essen tialistes simples comme la race ou le sexe. Dans les faits, la dis ...

Sécurité sociale et économique informelle en Afrique subsaharienne
2003 - Maes, An Synthèse disponible Reports on the informal sector of the economies of sub-Saharan Africa and the types of social security provision that might cover persons involved in this sector. Available in French and Spanish. ...

Informal economy and workers in Nepal
2004 - Koirala, Govinda; Sharma, Shiva; Régions Synthèse disponible Provides an overview of the characteristics of Nepal's informal economy, particularly in terms of demographics, labour relations, and decent work deficits. Discusses a synopsis of the policy and legislative framework as well as trade union and employer in ...

Informal Economy Initiative - Mission on Knowledge Sharing in Geneva and Turin: October 20-31 2003
2003 - Ginette Forgues; Régions Synthèse disponible The mission had two main objectives: Acquiring knowledge and information on strategies, techniques, tools and approaches developed by ILO units with regard to their work with the informal economy. Attending a knowledge sharing meeting between the fi ...

Informal Economy Photos

Informal Economy, Poverty and Employment (PPP)
2003-2006 - Régions Documents en annexe: 1. F401808318/Annex A.doc; 2. F1971910969/Informal Economy final report - with cover sheet.pdf; 3. F621504540/Annex B.docSynthèse disponible A progress review of the first eighteen months is available. The report describes the work accomplished and how partnerships advanced. The project realized replication, a recognizable impact, adoption of new approaches, and strategies to address tougher ...

Informal Economy, Undeclared Work and Labour Administration
2005 - José Luis Daza; Dialogue Social

Informal Employment in Latin America: Movements over business cycles and the effects of worker rights.
2003 - Rossana Galli and David Kucera Documents en annexe: 1. Informal employment in Latin America: Movements over business cycles and the effects of worker rightsSynthèse disponible This paper addresses three central issues in the debates on informal employment: trends in informalization, informal employment as a macroeconomic buffer over business cycles, and the effects of higher labour standards and stronger de facto worker rights ...

Informal finance : exploitation or empowerment?
2002 - Balkenhol, Bernd; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127; 2. Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127Synthèse disponible Discusses the ILO's role in promoting access to credit for the working poor. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127, 49-52 Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127, 48-51 Article not available in Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127 ...

Informal Finance in the Informal Economy: Promoting decent work among the working poor.
2002 - Michael Aliber; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Informal Finance in the Informal Economy: Promoting Decent Work among the Working PoorSynthèse disponible Michael Aliber's report presented here is based on two empirical surveys, one carried out in India and the other in Uganda. The findings suggest the existence of substantial demand-led innovations in credit and savings mechanisms in the informal economy, ...

Informal Labour in the Construction Industry in Kenya: A case study of Nairobi
2003 - Winnie V. Mitullah and Isabella Njeri Wachira; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Informal labour in the construction industry in KenyaSynthèse disponible When examining the construction industry the focus has been on enterprises as little attention has been paid to the labour force, about which often very little is known. This paper makes a start in redressing this imbalance. It presents the findings of ...

Informal Labour in the Construction Industry in Nepal
2002 - Kishore k. Jha; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Informal Labour in the Construction Industry in NepalSynthèse disponible The development of an efficient construction industry is an objective of policy in most countries. However, the focus of research and technical assistance to date has largely been upon the enterprises that comprise the sector - contractors, subcontractor ...

Informal Micro-Finance Schemes: The case of funeral insurance in South Africa
2001 - Roth, Jimmy; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Informal Micro-Finance Schemes: The case of funeral insurance in South AfricaSynthèse disponible Funerals are a major life-cycle expense for poor South African households as in other parts of the world. In the Grahamstown township, the study site of this paper, located in the poorest province of South Africa, households sampled spent approximately 15 ...

Informal Sector - including small scale enterprises: African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
2003 - Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. African Newsletter on Occupational Health and SafetySynthèse disponible African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: Informal sector including small-scale enterprises Volume 13, No. 1, April 2003,ILO/FINNIDA, Helsinki ...

Informal sector : the ILO in Asia and the Pacific
1998 - Régions Synthèse disponible Briefly describes the informal sector in Asia and the role of ILO in promoting its development and improving the working conditions therein. ...

Informal sector and informal employment : elements of a conceptual framework : Fifth Meeting of the Expert Group on Informal Sector Statistics (Delhi Group)
2001 - Hussmanns, Ralf. Documents en annexe: 1. Informal sector and informal employment: elements of a conceptual framework: Fifth Meeting of the Expert Group on Informal Sector Statistics (Delhi Group).Synthèse disponible Presented at the Fifth Meeting of the Expert Group on Informal Sector Statistics (Delhi Group)this paper proposes a framework that would make it possible to complement statistical measures of the informal sector with measures of informal employment. Prefe ...

Informal Sector in Asia from the Decent Work Perspective.
2002 - A. T. M. Nural Amin; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. The Informal Sector in AsiaSynthèse disponible The present paper attempts to throw light on recent trends and statistics regarding the magnitude and growth of the informal economy in the developing, middle level and more advanced countries of Asia. The differential impact of the Asian financial crisis ...

Informal Sector Training in Jamaica: An Assessment
2003 - Andrea M. Miller-Stennett; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Formación en el sector informal en Jamaica: una evaluaciónSynthèse disponible This paper focuses on a small selection of non- formal training providers: the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JAMPRO), the National Development Foundation of Jamaica, the Entrepreneurial Centre at the University of Technology of Jamaica, the Workforce Devel ...

Informal Sector Training in Jamaica: An assessment.
2002 - Andrea M. Miller-Stennett; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Informal Sector Training in Jamaica: An assessmentSynthèse disponible This paper reviews current policies and programmes that concern skills training for informal sector workers in Jamaica, and draws from them lessons that may be pertinent for the design and implementation of future policies and programmes. While there is n ...

Entre l'illusion de la normalisation et le laissez-faire: vers la legalisation du secteur informel? revue internationale du travail, vol. 134, no. 6, 1995
1995 - Carlos Maldonado Synthèse disponible The paper presents 5 hypothesis relevant to understanding the non formalization of enterprises: the structural handicap, inadequate institutional framework, lack of information and negative perception of laws, variable thresholds of compliance with the la ...

Economie solidaire oui! Exploitation non!
2002 - Debroux, Mathieu; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127; 2. Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127; 3. Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127Synthèse disponible Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127, p20-23 Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127, p19-22 Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127, p20-23 ...

Secteur urbain non structuré en Amérique latine
P.R. Souza; V.E.Tokman Synthèse disponible The article comprises a conference paper on the informal sector (incl. The self employed) of the urban labour market in Latin America - includes references and statistical tables. Conference held in La Plata 1975 March 5 to 8. ...

Informal work : from concept to action
2002 - Nathan, Christine; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127; 2. Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127Synthèse disponible Argues that the ILO should abandon its policies and activities based on an acceptance of

Informalidad y exclusión social
2000 - Carpio, Jorge; Klein, Emilio; Novacovsky, Irene; Serrano, Gerardo M;; Régions Synthèse disponible Comprises a collection of articles on social exclusion and the informal sector. Los artículos de este libro son el resultado del Programa de Investigaciones desarrollado en el marco del Foro de Informalidad y Exclusión Social organizado por el Sistema ...

Informalization in Advanced Market Economies
1997 - Saskia Sassen; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Informalization in Advanced Market EconomiesSynthèse disponible This paper focuses on the informal economy in the United States, and largely in New York City. It paints the picture not of a marginalized and excluded sector, but rather a dynamic sector, with informal economic relations which are closely linked to the f ...

Information, training and education in occupational health and safety: Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety
2003 - Suvi Lehtinen; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safetySynthèse disponible Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety: The Informal Sector - including small-scale enterprises ILO/FINNIDA. Vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2003), Helsinki, Pages 11 - 12 ...

Infrastructure development and the informal sector in the Philippines
2002 - Yu, Sandra O; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Infrastructure development and the informal sector in the PhilippinesSynthèse disponible Examines the role of infrastructure development in improving productivity and working conditions in informal sector enterprises in the Philippines. ...

Initiatives permettant de promouvoir des emplois de qualité et d'améliorer la productivité dans le secteur informel: Une étude de cas au Sénégal
2002 - Youssoufa Wade; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Initiatives permettant de promouvoir des emplois de qualité et d'améliorer la productivité dans le secteur informel: Une étude de cas au SénégalSynthèse disponible La présente étude montre comment les partenaires sociaux peuvent jouer un rôle d'interaction et fournir des services ppropriés aux travailleurs et aux micro-entrepreneurs de l'èconomie informelle. Sa publication répond au besoin exprimé par la Conférence ...

Innovative experience in promoting informal sector self-employment in Asia - Arpla labour administration bulletin (Bangkok) (3),(1988,)
1988 - Régions Synthèse disponible Self employment, urban area informal sector, Asia - small enterprises, state aid and nongovernmental organization aid programmes, training programmes. Diagrams. ...

Insecurities of Informal Workers in Gujarat, India.
2002 - Jeemol Unni, Uma Rani; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Insecurities of Informal Workers in Gujarat, IndiaSynthèse disponible Based on a People's Security Survey (PSS) carried out in urban and rural areas around Ahmedabad city in 2000. The key purposes of the survey were to measure insecurity; to identify sources of insecurity; and to search for what poor people in the informal ...

Insurance products provided by insurance companies to the disadvantaged groups in India
2005 - STEP; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Insurance products provided by insurance companies to the disadvantaged groups in IndiaSynthèse disponible Documents characteristics of products, offered by private or public companies to address the social protection needs of the poor and excluded groups. Covers accident, health and life insurance as well as provisions regarding loss of income and educational ...

Integrated Insurance Scheme of the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA).
2001 - ILO Documents en annexe: 1. The Self-employed Women's Association's Integrated Insurance Scheme, India (402kb) (delete this file)Synthèse disponible Examines the stages in the development of the SEWA's Integrated Insurance Scheme, the role of the main parties involved and the structure of the benefit package and premiums. Provides information on the financial aspects of the scheme. Includes general in ...

Inter-Agency Information Exchange - BDS website
Emploi Synthèse disponible This website is dedicated to an exchange of information to promote BDS as one of the key elements in strategies to ensure pro-poor growth and to secure quality jobs. You will find here many studies and reports that you won't find anywhere else. Some of ...

International Follow-up Meeting on Local OH&S Profiles and Indicators: African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
2003 - M. Mattila; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. African Newsletter on Occupational Health and SafetySynthèse disponible African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: Informal sector including small-scale enterprises Volume 13, No. 1, April 2003,ILO/FINNIDA, Helsinki, Pages 25 - 27 ...

International Labour Standards and the Informal Sector: Developments and Dilemmas.
2002 - Charlotta Schlyter; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. International Labour Standards and the Informal Sector: Developments and DilemmasSynthèse disponible The present study attempts to explore how the informal sector should be approached in the light of the mandate of the ILO. It considers general issues in relation to international labour standards and the informal sector. The paper also provides a thoroug ...

International migration of health workers: Labour and social issues
2003-2003 - Bach, Stephen Dr.; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. F1446916231/wp209.pdf

International Occupational Safety and Health Programme on the Informal Sector
1998 - William D. Salter; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. International OSH Programme on the Informal Sector

Programme international pour les petites entreprises : les compétences et le personnel, réalisations, méthodes et instruments
1998 - Emploi Synthèse disponible Annotated list of the most successful ILO projects aimed at improving the economic perfomance of micro and small enterprises in both the formal and the informal sectors. ...

Colloque international sur l'organisation des travailleurs du secteur non structuré
1999-2000 - ILO; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Conclusions and reccomendations; 2. Rapport du Colloque; 3. Report on Symposium; 4. Informe del Coloquio; 5. Conclusiones y recomendaciones; 6. Conclusions et reccomendationsSynthèse disponible Rapport, conclusions et reccomendations du colloque international sur l'organisation des travailleurs du secteur non structuré, Genève, 18-22 octobre 1999 (GB document 277/STM/5, March 2000) ...

International Symposium on Youth and Work: African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
2003 - T. Pääkkönen; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. African Newsletter on Occupational Health and SafetySynthèse disponible African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: Informal sector including small-scale enterprises Volume 13, No. 1, April 2003,ILO/FINNIDA, Helsinki, Page 27 ...

Introduction to Microfinance in Conflict-Affected Countries
2002; Caroline Tsilikounas, Dave Larson, Geetha Nagarajan, Judith van Doorn, Mayada El-Zoghbi, Myriam Houtart, Patience Alidri; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Introduction to Working Conditions and Environment
1989 - Editor: Clerc, J.-M.; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on informal sectorSynthèse disponible Introductory guide to working conditions and the work environment - covers occupational safety, occupational health, hours of work, wages, work organization, job content, welfare facilities, etc.; discusses ways of improving conditions, partic. In the rur ...

Introduction aux conditions et au milieu de travail
1991 - Editor: Clerc, J.-M.; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Introductory guide to working conditions and the work environment - covers occupational safety, occupational health, hours of work, wages, work organization, job content, welfare facilities, etc.; discusses ways of improving conditions, partic. In the rur ...

Inventory of Micro-Insurance Schemes in the Philippines
2005 - Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Inventory of Micro-Insurance Schemes in the Philippines.Synthèse disponible The Inventory aims at identifying the main community-based micro-insurance schemes currently operating in the Philippines. The study seeks to identify and provide basic documentation on these schemes in various sectors, including: (i) health care, (ii) li ...

Job Creation in Urban Informal Sector: Issues and policy options.
2001 - Ed. A. S. Oberai and G. K. Chadha; Emploi Synthèse disponible This publication puts together revised and edited versions of 15 papers presented at a national workshop on 'Job Creation and the Urban Informal Sector in India'. It also includes an overview of the inaugaral session of the workshop. The publication, whil ...

Jobs, Gender and Small Enterprises - a Study on Women's Enterprise Development
Gerry Finnegan, Pat Richardson, Rhona Howarth; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Jobs, Gender and Small Enterprises in Africa: Women Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia.
2002 - Zewde and Associates; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Jobs, Gender and Small Enterprises in Africa: Women Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia

Jobs, Gender and Small Enterprises in Africa: Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania.
2002 - University of Dar es Salaam Entrepreneurship Centre (UDEC); Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Jobs, Gender and Small Enterprises in Africa: Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania

Jobs, Gender and Small Enterprises in Africa: Women Entrepreneurs in Zambia.
2002 - JUDAI and Associates; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Jobs, Gender and Small Enterprises in Africa: Women Entrepreneurs in Zambia

Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM).
Emploi

Knowledge Fair on Decent Work and the Informal Economy - NEWSLETTER.
2005 Synthèse disponible In connection with the

L'economie informelle en Afrique francophone : structure, dynamiques et politiques
2001 - Maldonado, C.; Gaufryau, B.

L'immigration irregulière subsaharienne à travers et vers le Maroc
2000 - Barros, Lucile; Lahlou, Mehdi; Escoffier, Claire; Pumares, Pablo; Ruspini, Paolo; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. La immigración irregular subsahariana a través y hacia Marruecos; 2. L'immigration irregulière subsaharienne à travers et vers le MarocSynthèse disponible Examines the scope of irregular migration from subsaharan countries into or via Morocco. Focuses on frontier control, role of the Schengen agreement on the free movement of persons, migration policy measures taken by Italy and Spain, work permits granted ...

La microempresa en América Central la experiencia de PROMICRO-OIT: 1991-1998
1999 - PROMICRO/OIT; Régions

La microempresa en El Salvador : magnitud, importancia y características a finales de los años noventa
2001 - Trejos Solórzano, Juan Diego; Régions Synthèse disponible Analyses trends in employment in microenterprises in the informal sector, focusing on self-employed workers. ...

La microempresa en Guatemala en la década de 1990
2000 - Trejos Solórzano, Juan Diego.; Régions Synthèse disponible Analyses trends in employment in microenterprises in the informal sector, focusing on own account workers and subsistence activities. ...

La microempresa en Nicaragua en la década de los noventa
2001 - Trejos Solórzano, Juan Diego; Régions Synthèse disponible Analyses trends in employment in micro and small enterprises in the informal economy. Identifies distinct segments of the labour market according to productivity levels. ...

La microempresa en Panamá : importancia, características y evolución durante los años 90
2000 - Trejos Solórzano, Juan Diego; Régions

La microempresa no agrícola en Honduras : evolución, importancia y características a finales de los años noventa
2002 - Trejos Solórzano, Juan Diego; Régions Synthèse disponible Analyses trends in employment in small and microenterprises in the informal sector, focusing on low productivity sectors and subsistence activities. ...

La modernización del sector informal y las cargas tributarias y administrativas a las empresasen el Perú
1999 - Adrián F. Revilla Vergara; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. La modernización del sector informal y las cargas tributarias y administrativas a las empresasen el PerúSynthèse disponible Analyses the administrative and fiscal costs affecting Peruvian enterprises and identifies unnecessary costs which once eliminated would facilitate their integration into the formal sector. ...

La mujer microempresaria en Honduras
2002 - Trejos Solórzano, Juan Diego; Régions Synthèse disponible Analyses the situation of female entrepreneurs in the informal economy during the 1990s. Focuses on women's participation in low productivity sectors and subsistence activities. ...

La mujer microempresaria en Nicaragua : situación y características hacia finales de los años noventa
2001 - Trejos Solórzano, Juan Diego; Régions Synthèse disponible Analyses the situation of female entrepreneurs in the informal economy. Focuses on women's participation in low productivity sectors and subsistence activities. ...

La participación de la mujer en la economía informal. En: Economia Informal y Desarrollo Local. Noticias Delnet N° 32 - Octubre / Noviembre 2003
2003 Documents en annexe: 1. La participación de la mujer en la economía informal. En: Economia Informal y Desarrollo Local. Noticias Delnet N° 32 - Octubre / Noviembre 2003

La situación de los trabajadores y trabajadoras de la economía informal en el Cono Sur y la Zona Andina : Informe final (del Proyekto: Los Sindicatos y el Trabajo Decente en la Era de la Globalización en América Latina)
2003 - A. Orsatti; R. Calle; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. La situación de los trabajadores y trabajadoras de la economía informal en la Zona Andina y el Cono Sur: Informe final - parte I ; 2. La situación de los trabajadores y trabajadoras de la economía informal en la Zona Andina y el Cono Sur: Informe final - parte IISynthèse disponible Este informe es la síntesis de dos estudios subregionales realizados en el marco del Proyecto ACTRAV-OIT Los Sindicatos y el Trabajo Decente en la Era de la Globalización en América Latina, con la denominación 'La Situación de los Trabajadores/as Informal ...

Labour Markets in Transition: Balancing flexibility and security in Central and Eastern Europe
2003 - Sandrine Cazes; Alena Nesporova; Régions Synthèse disponible The economic and structural changes in the transition countries since the break up of the Soviet Union have been unique and profound. This book explores how the labour markets of the Central and Eastern European transition countries, the Baltic States and ...

Labour Standards and Informal Employment in Latin America.
2003 - R. Galli and D. Kucera Documents en annexe: 1. Labour Standards and Informal Employment in Latin AmericaSynthèse disponible This paper addresses the hypothesis that higher labour standards - in particular freedom of association and collective bargaining rights - and higher wages in hte formal sector reduce employment in that sector and thereby contribute to the informalization ...

Las organizaciones gremiales del sector informal urbano
1998 - M. L. Alves Maia; R. Arbulú; E. Chávez; G. Huertas; F. Torche.; Régions

Las organizaciones sindicales y el sector informal: reflexiones para la formacion y la accion
2000 - Hurtado, Montserrat; Régions

Le secteur informel en Afrique face aux contraintes légales et institutionnelles
1999 - Carlos Maldonado; Emploi

Le travail des enfants au Senegal
1996 - Normes et principes et droits fondamentaux au travail
Régions

Learning from Experience: A gendered approach to social protection for workers in the informal economy
2000; Francis Lund, Smita Srinivas; Protection Sociale
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Leasing for Small and Micro Enterprises
2003; Linda Deelen, Louis Othieno, Mauricio Dupleich, Oliver Wakelin; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Legal and illegal labour migration in the Czech Republic: Background and current trends
2000 - Milada Horáková; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Legal and illegal labour migration in the Czech Republic: Background and current trendsSynthèse disponible This study examines the issue of migration in the Czech Republic, both from a historical perspective, and from the point of view of current trends. Similar studies have been undertaken on the situation in Hungary, Lithuania and the Russian Federation. ...

Legal Constraints to Women's Participation in Cooperatives: Country studies from; Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ecuador, India, Lesotho, Morocco, the Philippines, Tanzania, Thailand and Uruguay.
2002 - Ed. Anne-Brit Nippierd and Christina Holmgren; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Legal Constraints to Women's Participation in CooperativesSynthèse disponible This volume includes ten case studies from different parts of the world that examine, in national cooperative legislation and other related legislation, the legal constraints and barriers that women face in participating in cooperative enterprises. Certai ...

Linkages Between Infrastructure Development and Improved Productivity and Working Conditions in Informal Sector Enterprises.
1998 - Muteta, Ginette; Ngoi, Gideon K; Sheuya, Shaaban. Documents en annexe: 1. Linkages Between Infrastructure Development and Improved Productivity and Working Conditions in Informal Sector EnterprisesSynthèse disponible The main purpose of this paper is to explore and illustrate the existing relationship between infrastructure upgrading programmes and improved productivity and working conditions in informal sector enterprises. The paper is based on qualitative or sem ...

Les liens entre les entreprises au Kenya et le Jua Kali (l'économie informelle)
2005 - Dialogue Social

Linkages between the formal and the informal sectors in developing countries: a review of literature
1990 - Harriss JC. Synthèse disponible During the 1970s and early 1980s the ILO carried out a number of studies on the informal sector in large urban centres of developing countries, including Accra, Lome, Yaounde, Dakar and Kaolack. These studies failed to elaborate on the nature and extent o ...

Local Employment in the Informal Economy. Course Guide for staff in local governments and partnership organizations
2001; Adrian Atkinson, IFP SEED; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Local Partnership Building on Urban Employment Promotion through MSE Development.
2002 - IFP/SEED; Employment Sector; Emploi

Macroeconomic reforms and a labour policy framework for India
2004 - Jayati Ghosh; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Macroeconomic reforms and a labour policy framework for IndiaSynthèse disponible This paper is concerned with the interaction of macroeconomic and labour market policies, in the specific context of India. The argument is made that employment- intensive growth is a prerequisite for ensuring decent work for all. By contrast, the Indian ...

Making Guarantee Funds Work for Small and Micro Enterprises
2000; Gabriel Reyes, James Roth, Peter van Rooij, Sarah Gray, Thierry Mahieux; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Making Insurance Work for Microfinance Institutions A Technical Guide to Developing and Delivering Microinsurance
2003; Craig F. Churchill, Dominic Liber, James Roth, Michael J. McCord; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Management Guide for Promoting and Strengthening Member-based Small Business Associations
IFP SEED; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Managing Construction Projects - A Guide to Processes and Procedures
1984 - Austen, A. D.; Neale, R. H. Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on informal communicationSynthèse disponible This Guide describes the processes and procedures of construction project management, with emphasis on their use in developing countries. Good project management is essential because of the importance of capital projects to the development of a young nati ...

Manuel methodologique : pour mener des enquetes auprès des unités économiques informelles
1998 - Carlos Maldonado; Emploi Synthèse disponible Le présent manuel fait partie d'une série de travaux à caractère méthodologique et conceptuel entreprise par le BIT en vue d'améliorer les systèmes nationaux de statistiques relatifs à l'emploi, aux entreprises et aux resources humaines qu'elles mobilisen ...

Maîtriser le défi de la mondialisation : vers un projet syndical
1998 - Robert Kyloh; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Mastering the challenge of globalization : towards a trade union agendaSynthèse disponible Comprises two articles dealing with several aspects of the international trade union agenda which are being developed in response to the challenge of globalization. Explains and elaborates policies and position papers adopted by various international trad ...

MATCOM Cooperative Management Training
ILO MATCOM Programme; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Emploi dans le secteur informel au Pakistan: une nouvelle methode de mesure - Revue internationale du travail (Geneve) 134,(1),(1995,), p.21-42.
1995 - Bekkers, Hans; Stoffers, Wim. Synthèse disponible Full text/table of contents on ProQuest Access limited to ILO Geneva-based staff. International Labour Review only available online from 1999 onwards. ...

Measuring the informal economy: From employment in the informal sector to informal employment
2004 - Ralf Hussmanns Documents en annexe: 1. Measuring the informal economy: From employment in the informal sector to informal employmentSynthèse disponible The development of statistics on the informal economy helps to improve labour statistics and national accounts. The informal economy plays an important role for employment creation, income generation and poverty reduction in many countries, especially dev ...

Measuring the Non-Observed Economy - A Handbook.
2002 - ILO; Département de l'intégration des politiques Documents en annexe: 1. Measuring the Non-Observed Economy: Long abstract; 2. Measuring the Non-Observed Economy - A HandbookSynthèse disponible The long abstract above includes the scope and objectives as well as a user guide for the handbook, it is 10 pages long. The main focus of the Handbook is to provide guidance on how to produce exhaustive estimates of GDP. This means ensuring that as ma ...

Methodological guide for undertaking case studies: Health micro-insurance schemes
2000 - STEP; PAHO; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Methodological guide for undertaking case studiesSynthèse disponible This methodological Guide aims to provide a description of the systems studied and an appreciation of their manner of operation. It does not seek to evaluate the systems, neither in terms of impact, nor in terms of efficiency of the health sector. The Gu ...

Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Thailand: definitions and contributions
Maurice Allal; Régions
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Micro and Small Enterprises in Thailand: Definitions and Contributions
1999 - Allal, Maurice; Editor: Finnegan, Gerry; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Micro and Small Enterprises in Thailand: Definitions and ContributionsSynthèse disponible Reviews the current classification of enterprises in Thailand and describes how it can be improved. Briefly describes the informal sector. Briefly discusses the contribution of the informal sector and small enterprises to economic development. Includes in ...

Micro Health Insurance Scheme of BRAC: A case study
2004 - Cross Sectoral Synthèse disponible This report is based on a field study and attempts to describe the main features of an ILO-WEEH supported community-based Health Micro Insurance scheme piloted by BRAC. The aim being to provide basic social protection, in the area of health services, for ...

Micro-assurance santé: Guide d'introduction aux mutuelles de santé en Afrique
2001 - STEP; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Micro-assurance santé: Guide d'introduction aux mutuelles de santé en AfriqueSynthèse disponible Ce guide est destiné à tous les promoteurs potentiels de mutuelles de santé et capitalise des expériences en matière d'information et de sensibilisation développées en Afrique. Il a été élaboré pour répondre à un souhait de simplification et de visualisat ...

Micro-finance and the Empowerment of Women: A review of the key issues
2000 - Linda Mayoux; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Micro-finance and the empowerment of womenSynthèse disponible There are four basic views on the link between micro-finance and women's empowerment: - there are those who stress the positive evidence and are essentially optimistic about the possibility of sustainable micro-finance programmes world-wide empowering wo ...

Micro-assurance: élargissement de l'assurance maladie aux exclus
STEP; ISSA; David Dror; Christian Jacquier; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Micro-Insurance: Extending health insurance to the excluded; 2. Micro-assurance: élargissement de l'assurance maladie aux exclusSynthèse disponible Le présent document propose une manière d'améliorer la prestation des soins de santé aux populations qui n'ont habituellement pas accès aux services de santé. Le document commence par expliquer brièvement qui sont les exclus, et de quoi ils sont exclus. I ...

Micro-Insurers Inventory of Micro Insurance Schemes in Bangladesh
2004 - Cross Sectoral Documents en annexe: 1. Micro-Insurers Inventory of Micro Insurance Schemes in Bangladesh.Synthèse disponible This report provides information on micro insurance schemes available to the income-poor and low-income earners. The study found that the evolution of the micro insurance concept stems from the development of widespread implementation of microcredit model ...

Microempresa y seguridad social en Costa Rica y El Salvador
1998 - STEP; PROMICRO; PACTEM; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Discusses proposals for the extension of formal sector social security schemes to microenterprises in both countries. ...

Microenterprise development through policy reform in Tanzania : progress and final report, January-July 1996 : Government of Tanzania/ILO/The Netherlands Advisory Project
1996

Microfinance in conflict-affected communities - A training manual
2003 - Patience Alidri, Judith van Doorn, Mayada El-Zoghbi, Myriam Houtart, Dave Larson, Geetha Nagarajan, Caroline Tsilikounas; Emploi Synthèse disponible The ILO's Social Finance Programme and UNHCR's Reintegration and Local Settlements Section have developed a training manual on 'Microfinance in Conflict-Affected Communities'. It covers design, implementation, evaluation and coordination issues, and is ge ...

Microinsurance in Burkina Faso
2002 - Michael Aliber; Alitou Ido; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Microinsurance in Burkina FasoSynthèse disponible This paper presents findings of fieldwork in Burkina Faso on life, health and cattle insurance. The findings suggest that even in a country as poor as Burkina Faso, microinsurance schemes can flourish. The research finds that simpler forms of insurance ca ...

Migrant Worker Remittances, Micro-finance and the Informal Economy: Prospects and Issues
1999 - Shivani Puri; Tineke Ritzema; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Migrant Worker Remittances, Micro-finance and the Informal Economy: Prospects and IssuesSynthèse disponible The conventional approach to analysing the impact of remittances on the domestic economies of labour-sending countries focuses exclusively on officially recorded flows and their effects on the various economic aggregates in the formal economy. While it is ...

Migrants involvement in irregular employment in the Mediterranean countries of the European Union.
2001 - Reynery, Emilio; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Migrants involvement in irregular employment in the Mediterranean countries of the European Union.Synthèse disponible Examines the integration of foreign workers in the regular and underground labour markets of the Mediterranean countries of the European Union. Reviews the countries' attempts to regularize the status of

Modernización del Sector Informal y las Cargas Tributarias y Administrativas a las Empresas en el Perú.
1999 - Adrián F. Revilla Vergara Documents en annexe: 1. Modernización del Sector InformalSynthèse disponible Analyses the administrative and fiscal costs affecting Peruvian enterprises and identifies unnecessary costs which once eliminated would facilitate their integration into the formal sector. ...

Modular Package on Gender Poverty and Employment
2000; Integration; Département de l'intégration des politiques
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Module Introduction à la gestion des terroirs
1996; BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Module Organisation villageoise en gestion des terroirs
1997; BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Module Photo-interprétation et cartographie en gestion des terroirs
1996; BIT-ACOPAM; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Monitoring Guidelines for Semi-Formal Financial Institutions Active in Small Enterprise Finance.
1996 - B. Wesselink; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Monitoring Guidelines for Semi-Formal Financial Institutions Active in Small Enterprise FinanceSynthèse disponible Deals with unregulated but legal financial entities operating in the semi-formal financial sector, essentially membership-based self-help organizations and outside assistance-based nongovernmental organizations. Provides a framework of questions and indic ...

More and Better Jobs for Women: An action guide.
1996 - Lin Lean Lim; Emploi Synthèse disponible This guide to policy and programme options is an ILO contribution to the successful implementation of the work initiated by two milestone conferences in 1995 - the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing) and the World Summit on Social Development (Cope ...

Mutual Guarantee Associations: What they are and how they work
2003 - Dino Barranu, Roberto Campaniello, Sabrina de Gobbi, Paolo Nardelli, Giuseppe Vivace; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Les sociétés de cautionnement mutuel: Leur nature et leur fonctionnement ; 2. Mutual Guarantee Associations: What they are and how they work

Mutual health organizations and micro-entrepreneurs' associations. Guide
2001; SEED : STEP; Protection Sociale
Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Mutuelles de santé en Afrique: caractéristiques et mise en place : manuel de formateurs
World Solidarity. Alliance nationale des mutualités chrétiennes de Belgique, ILO-STEP; Protection Sociale
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Méthodes et instruments d'appui au secteur informel en Afrique francophone
2004 - Maldonado, Carlos; Badiane; Cheikh; Miélot, Anne-Lise; Emploi Synthèse disponible Ce document est consacré à l'examen des expériences menées par le BIT en Afrique francophone, en matière de promotion des activités économiques informelles. Lancé dans le courant des années 80, le programme d'appui aux petits producteurs urbains dont ce d ...

National Conference on the Informal Economy and SME Development in Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar, 5-6 November 2002
2002 Documents en annexe: 1. Agenda; 2. Summarized notesSynthèse disponible The objective of the conference is to develop an appropriate national policy on the development of the informal economy, identify practical measures to support the national policy, establish institutional frameworks to implement these practical measures, ...

National Meeting on Organising the Unorganised: Problems and Strategies
2005 - Régions
Dialogue Social

New Challenges and Opportunities for the Informal Sector: A seminar on the informal sector in Metro-Manila.
1996 - ILO

Les nouvelles administrations du travail : des acteurs du développement
2002 - Edited by Lécuyer, Normand; General Editor: Courdouan, Jean.; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Social security/informal sector: The case of Senegal ; 2. Labour administration and the informal sector: The importance of the Informal Sector Support Fund (FASI): The case of Burkina Faso ; 3. Programme for the Promotion of Self-employment and Micro-enterprises (PRODAME): The case of PeruSynthèse disponible Far-reaching and rapid changes in the world of labour and employment are taking place in countries the world over, changes that constitute significant challenges for labour administrations. What are the latter doing in order to take these changes on board ...

New measures for occupational safety and health for small-scale enterprises in Japan: Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety
2003 - Takashi Muto; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safetySynthèse disponible Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety: The Informal Sector - including small-scale enterprises ILO/FINNIDA. Vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2003), Helsinki, Pages 17 - 20 ...

Occupational exposure to pesticides in flower farms in northern Tanzania: African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
2003 - A.V.F. Ngowi; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. African Newsletter on Occupational Health and SafetySynthèse disponible African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: Informal sector including small-scale enterprises Volume 13, No. 1, April 2003,ILO/FINNIDA, Helsinki, Pages 16 - 19 ...

Occupational health and safety in small, medium-sized and informal sector enterprises in Vietnam: Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety
2003 - Nguyen Thi Hong Tu; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safetySynthèse disponible Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety: The Informal Sector - including small-scale enterprises ILO/FINNIDA. Vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2003), Helsinki, Pages 7 - 11 ...

Occupational health and safety in the urban informal economy in Deft, South Africa: African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
2003 - A. Bogaard, M. Lumens, M. van Niftrik, J. Reijnierse; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. African Newsletter on Occupational Health and SafetySynthèse disponible African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: Informal sector including small-scale enterprises Volume 13, No. 1, April 2003,ILO/FINNIDA, Helsinki, Pages 13 - 16 ...

Occupational hygiene and practical solutions: Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety
2003 - Ng Lee Penn, Tan Kia Tang, Muhammad Rithaudin Bin Yep Abu; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safetySynthèse disponible Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety: The Informal Sector - including small-scale enterprises ILO/FINNIDA. Vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2003), Helsinki, Pages 20 - 22 ...

Occupational Safety and Health in the Informal Sector
1996 - Tornberg, V. Synthèse disponible Based on an ILO study and a pilot project in Dar es Salaam carried out from October 1995 to January 1996, discusses strategies for improving working conditions and promoting the extension of occupational health services. Published in the African newsle ...

Occupational Safety and Health in the Informal Sector: Report on intervention strategies in Dar es Salaam
Forastieri V.; Riwa PG.; Swai D.; Normes et principes et droits fondamentaux au travail Synthèse disponible Describes an experimental pilot project on occupational safety and health for 11 informal sector clusters in two districts of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1995. ...

Occupational safety and health policy and legislation in Ghana 'stakeholders' workshop report: African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
2003 - S.N. Tettey; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. African Newsletter on Occupational Health and SafetySynthèse disponible African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: Informal sector including small-scale enterprises Volume 13, No. 1, April 2003,ILO/FINNIDA, Helsinki, Pages 19 - 21 ...

Occupational Safety and Health videos
SECTOR; Dialogue Social Synthèse disponible Originally designed for Trade Union workshops the videos are now in demand from employers. Titles: - Accidents don't have to happen - Hard hats are not enough ...

Old and New Forms of Informality: Report of the technical workshop
2000 - Informal Sector Task Force; Emploi Synthèse disponible The Workshop was organized and hosted by the ILO Informal Sector Task Force. It was held at the ILO headquarters in Geneva on 2nd March 2001. The workshop was organized as part of the preparation for the General Discussion on the Informal Economy at t ...

Opciones estrategicas para la formacion profesional en el sector informal urbano
1988 - Ramirez Guerrero J.; Régions

Organiser les travailleurs indépendants: la politique du secteur non structuré urbain - Revue internationale du travail, Vol 130, No 1, 1991
1991 - Sanyal Bishwapriya

Organizaciones gremiales de la microempresa: Una estrategia de intervención
1998 - T. Klijn; S. Machacuay; Régions

Organizations in South Africa's Informal Economy: An Overview of Four Sectoral Case Studies.
2003 - Goldman, Tanya.; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Organizations in South Africa's Informal EconomySynthèse disponible Presents an overview of the informal economy and analyses strategies adopted by workers organizations to expand representation amongst informal sector workers. Based on a study of clothing, construction, street trading and taxi sectors conducted in 2001. ...

Organized Labour and Economic Liberalization India: Past, present and future
1999 - Debashish Bhattacherjee Documents en annexe: 1. Organized Labour and Economic Liberalization IndiaSynthèse disponible This paper examines the role of organized labour in India in a structural and historical context, tracing the economic, political, and social effects of the trade union movement over time. We look at union strategies at the level of the enterprise and/or ...

Organized labour in the 21st Century
2002 - A. V. Jose Documents en annexe: 1. Organized labour in the 21st CenturySynthèse disponible This volume presents a representative sample of the comparative research undertaken by the Institute. It includes selected country case studies on the theme 'Trade union responses to globalization', edited and abridged to illustrate experiences drawn fr ...

S'organiser pour plus de justice sociale: Rapport global en vertu du suivi de la Déclaration de l'OIT relative aux principes et droits fondamentaux au travail
2004 - Report of the Director General Documents en annexe: 1. Organizing for Social Justice; 2. Organizarse en pos de la justicia sociale; 3. S'organiser pour plus de justice socialeSynthèse disponible Le présent rapport, intitulé S'organiser pour plus de justice sociale, consiste en une analyse des tendances observées, dans la continuité du rapport Votre voix au travail. Il ressort de cette analyse un tableau en demi-teinte, ce qui n'est pas une surpri ...

Organizing for Socio-Economic Security in India.
Sukti Dasgupta; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Organizing for Socio-Economic Security in IndiaSynthèse disponible Women workers in the informal economy are amongst those with least access to social protection. Given their vulnerable status at home and at work, income generation alone may not improve their socio economic status. Their economic empowerment needs to go ...

Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of Street Trading in South Africa.
2002 - Shirin Motala; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of Street Trading in South AfricaSynthèse disponible This paper analyses organizational strategies adopted by street traders in South Africa's informal economy. It focuses on three organizations - the Informal Trade Management Board (ITMB) in Durban, the Gauteng Hawkers Association (GHA) in Johannesburg and ...

Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Building Industry in South Africa.
2003 - Tanya Goldman; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Building Industry in South AfricaSynthèse disponible This report seeks to enhance understanding of strategies adopted or currently experimented with by workers' and employers' organizations to organize and improve conditions of informal economic actors in South Africa's construction industry. Interventions ...

Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Clothing Industry in South Africa.
2003 - Mark Bennett; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Clothing Industry in South AfricaSynthèse disponible This paper analyses strategies adopted by workers' organizations to organize and represent clothing workers in the informal economy - homeworkers in particular. It focuses on two organizations - the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SA ...

Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Minibus Taxi Industry in South Africa.
2003 - Jane Barrett; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Minibus Taxi Industry in South AfricaSynthèse disponible This report investigates the transport industry and is published under the series on 'Representation and Organization Building' by IFP/SEED. Two national organizations - the Southern African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (SATAWU) and the South Af ...

Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Sector in South Africa.
2004 - Samson, Melanie; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Industry in South Africa.Synthèse disponible Examines features of the municipal waste management sector in South Africa, including the legal and policy context, and describes conditions of work and collective barraging arrangements. Provides an overview of worker and employer organizations and sets ...

L'organisation dans l'économie informelle: Education Ouvrière. No. 127 (2002)
2002 - Dan Gallin; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127; 2. Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127; 3. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127Synthèse disponible Argues that in order to organize women informal workers, trade unions should try to build coalitions with women's organizations. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127, p23-28 Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127, p23-28 Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127, ...

Organizing in the Taxi Industry: The South African experience
2003 - IFP/SEED, Employment Sector; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Organizing in the Taxi Industry; 2. Organizing in the Taxi Industry - Compressed versionSynthèse disponible This booklet describes how workers and employers have started organising in South Africa's kombi (mini van) taxi industry, which is still today mainly in the informal economy. The booklet is based on research done by the South African Transport and Allied ...

Organizing Labour in the 21st Century - interactive conference
2001 Documents en annexe: 1. Organizing the Informal Sector: Notes from the Field; 2. Unionizing in the Informal Sector; 3. What to Do with the Informal Sector? ; 4. Organizing Women Workers and the Informal Sector ; 5. Bolivia, Attitudes Toward Helping the Informal Sector

Organiser les travailleurs independants: la politique du secteur non structure urbain - Revue internationale du travail (Geneve) 130,(1),1991
1991 - Sanyal, Bishwapriya.

Organizing Workers in the Informal Sector: A strategy for trade union - cooperative action.
2001 - Dr. Johnson Birchall; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Organizing workers in the informal sector : a strategy for trade union : cooperative actionSynthèse disponible The paper reviews the concept of the informal sector and how to classify informal sector workers. The common origins of trade unions and cooperatives in the early period of industrialization are discussed. At that time organizational boundaries were fluid ...

Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Efficiency Rationale for Extending Social Protection in Health
1996-2001 - STEP; PAHO; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure in Latin America and the CaribbeanSynthèse disponible This report puts forth a classification system that makes it possible to clarify the different concepts that fall under the rubric of out-of-pocket expenditures. We have distinguished three types of expenses: pure out-of-pocket payments, contributions of ...

Panamá : políticas de empleo y trabajo decente para la década del 2000
2002 - Brú, Enrique; Del Cid, Miguel; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Panamá : políticas de empleo y trabajo decente para la década del 2000

Panorama Laboral 2003: Latin America and the Caribbean.
2003 - Mònica Castillo and Ricardo Infante; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Panorama Laboral 2003 - Spanish version

Participation et Animation sociale en milieu urbain informel Africain: Theorie et pratique
1995 - Binninger P.; Maldonado C.; Badiane C.

Participation in Global Value Chains as a Vehicle for SME Upgrading: A Literature Review
2003 - Caspari, Cathrine; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Participation in Global Value Chains as a Vehicle for SME Upgrading: A Literature ReviewSynthèse disponible SMEs in developing countries often lack the amounts of investment capital necessary to pursue activities that rely intensively upon technology or know-how, such as R&D or marketing, or to engage in branding. Are SMEs in developing countries doomed to stay ...

Pensions for Women in the Informal Economy: Options for developing countries.
1999 - Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Paper presented for ILO-STEP/WIEGO workshop on social protection for women in the informal economy (Geneva, 6-8 December 1999). ...

People with Disabilities in the Informal Sector. Philippines.
1994 - Farjado, H. Synthèse disponible Based on a sample survey of disabled people located in Marikina, Quezon City and Kalookan City (Philippines), assesses the severity of their problems, reviews current approaches and programmes operated by various non-governmental organizations, and makes ...

Perspectives on unorganised labour
2000 - Oberai, A. S; Sivananthiran, A; Venkata Ratnam, C. S.; Régions Synthèse disponible Comprises a collection of papers. Assesses the importance of the informal sector in the development process as the major provider of jobs for several years to come. Reviews the role of the State in designing and implementing schemes of social security and ...

Perú: el sector informal frente al reto de la modernización
1998 - Chávez, Eliana Synthèse disponible Comprises four essays which examine the effects of labour legislation and taxation on the activities of the informal sector enterprises in Peru. ...

Petits producteurs urbains d'afrique francophone: analyse et politiques d'appui; etude comparative a bamako, lome, nouakchott et yaounde
1987 - Maldonado C.; Capt J.; Demol E.

Planificacion estrategica y el plan operativo del programa de apoyo al sector informal (pasi).
1996 - Castaneda De Flores D.; Kerkhoff F.

Policy Design for the Promotion of Employment and Incomes in the Informal Economy: The need for labour market information
2002 - George A: Aryee; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Policy Design for the Promotion of Employment and Incomes in the Informal EconomySynthèse disponible Paper presented at the Workshop on Making Good Use of Labour Market Information: Windhoek, Namibia, 12-15 August 2002. ...

Políticas de empleo en Chile y América Latina: seminario en honor de Victor E. Tokman
2003 - Régions Synthèse disponible Collection of presentations made at a seminar in March 2003 in honour of Victor Tokman, former ILO Regional Director for Latin America. ...

Population, main-d'oeuvre et emploi: concepts, tendances et politiques
1993 - Farooq GM.; Ofosu Y. Documents en annexe: 1. Secteur informel (Partie V); 2. Extract on the informal sector (Part V); 3. Sector informal (Parte V); 4. Sector informal (Parte VI); 5. Extract on the informal sector (Part VI); 6. Secteur informel (Partie VI)Synthèse disponible Cette étude traite d'un sujet d'actualité d'une importance grandissante, avec en particulier comme toile de fond une augmentation sans précédent de la main-d'oeuvre et une crise économique, accompagnée d'une détérioration des conditions d'emploi et d'une ...

Poverty Alleviation through Micro and Small Enterprise Development
ILO Bangkok
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Lutte contre la pauvreté et emploi dans les pays en développement: de l'utilisé d'un salaire minimum Revue internationale du travail, Vol 140, No 3, 2001
2001 - Catherine Saget Synthèse disponible Les effets du salaire minimum sur l'emploi et la pauvreté constituent un sujet permanent de controverse. Dans son introduction, Catherine Saget relève le contraste entre les prévisions théoriques et les résultats des études empiriques, résultats qui suggè ...

Poverty, Employment and Policy Making in Egypt - Country profile
2001 - Dr. Naglaa El-Ehwani and Dr. Heba El-Laithy Synthèse disponible Reviews the employment and poverty situations in Egypt and their development during the last three decades. Analyses the integration of employment and poverty reduction objectives in policy-making, and the institutions for employment promotion and some sp ...

Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work - Resource Database
Département de l'intégration des politiques Synthèse disponible The resource database contains over 200 tools and resources that directly or indirectly focus on poverty from a macro-level perspective and/or from a local development perspective within the ILO's decent work framework. ...

Practical application of ILO-OSH 2001 to small enterprises - An example of Vietnam: Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety
2003 - Tsuyoshi Kawakami; Ton That Khai; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safetySynthèse disponible Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety: The Informal Sector - including small-scale enterprises ILO/FINNIDA. Vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2003), Helsinki, Pages 4 - 7 ...

Premier bilan des etudes de cas sur les normes internationales du travail et la cooperation technique: les differentes facettes de la complementarite entre les activites normatives et celles de cooperation technique
1993 - Vargha C. Synthèse disponible Briefly considers the complementarity between international labour standards and technical cooperation with regard to the informal sector, economic development, structural adjustment and of the ILO's Rural Workers' Organization Convention, 1975, (No. 141) ...

Processes of Formalization and Informalization: Selected cases.
1994 - ILO; Régions Synthèse disponible Provides background information on the informal sector, and summarizes a number of case studies: some concerning enterprises which went through the formalization process, and others concerning enterprises which shifted from a formal to an informal status. ...

Productive employment and equity in the rural and informal sectors in Kenya
1995 Synthèse disponible National Policy Workshop On Optimal Forms Of Assistance To Women's Employment In The Rural And Informal Sectors ...

Programa Modular de Capacitación e Información sobre Género, Pobreza y Empleo: Módulo 7 - Extender la Protección Social
2001 - Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Programa Modular de Capacitación e Información sobre Género, Pobreza y Empleo: Módulo 7 - Extender la Protección SocialSynthèse disponible En este Módulo se examinaron las limitaciones que tienen, en el plano de la protección social, la legislación del trabajo y los regímenes tradicionales de seguridad social, que en los países en desarrollo abarcan a una parte minoritaria de la fuerza de tr ...

Programme for the Promotion of Self-employment and Micro-enterprises (PRODAME): The case of Peru
2002 - Edited by Normand Lécuyer; General editor: Jean Courdouan; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Programme for the Promotion of Self-employment and Micro-enterprises (PRODAME): The case of PeruSynthèse disponible Case study presented in New Forms of Labour Administration: Actors in Development (ILO, 2002): The labour administration in Peru has introduced a scheme to create employment by encouraging the establishment of enterprises or the registration of small a ...

Progress of the World's Women 2005: Women, Work & Poverty
2005 - Martha Chen, Joann Vanek, Francie Lund, James Heintz, with Renana Jhabvala and Christine Bonner Documents en annexe: 1. F1194308449/PoWW2005_eng.pdfSynthèse disponible The book makes the case for an increased focus on women's informal employment as a key pathway to reducing poverty and strengthening women's economic security. It provides the latest available data on the size and composition of the informal economy and c ...

Promicro: proyecto centroamericano de apoyo a programas de microempresas (secunda fase); informe de evaluacion
1995 - Casanovas R.; Haan H.; Régions

Promoting Decent Work in the Informal Sector - Workshop
2000 - ILO

Promouvoir l'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes : Guide pratique à l'intention des syndicats
2002 - Lin Lean Lim; Sriani Ameratunga; Carmel Whelton; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Organizar a las desorganizados: Módulo 4; 2. Organiser les personnes non syndiquées: Brochure 4; 3. Organizing the Unorganized: Booklet 4Synthèse disponible Le Guide pratique se compose de plusieurs Brochures ainsi que d'un rapport de synthèse présentant une vue d'ensemble de la situation telle qu'elle ressort d'un questionnaire soumis aux syndicats et des études de cas sur l'expérience syndicale et

Promoting Local Economic Development in a War-Affected Country - The ILO experience in Cambodia
1997 - Roel Hakemulder; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Promoting Local Economic Development in a War-Affected CountrySynthèse disponible This paper presents a case-study of the

Promoting productivity and social protection in the urban informal sector
1996 - Aryee GA. Synthèse disponible Reviews major activities, achievements and lessons learned in three cities: Bogota, Dar es Salaam and Manila. ...

Promouvoir la productivité et la protection sociale dans le secteur informel urbain
1998 - ILO; Protection Sociale

Promoting Women's Entrepreneurship through Employers' Organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region.
2002 - IFP/SEED, Employment Sector; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Promoting Women's Entrepreneurship - Presentations and Papers; 2. Promoting Women's Entrepreneurship - Final ReportSynthèse disponible Examples of employers' organizations support for women's entrepreneurship development, and highlights some examples of best practices are provided. The background country papers and the consultant's commentary show an analysis of the factors affecting wom ...

Protección social en Uruguay. Financiamiento, cobertura y desempeño 1990-2002
2001-2003 - N. Ferreira-Coimbra; A, Forteza; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Protección social en Uruguay. Financiamiento, cobertura y desempeño 1990-2002Synthèse disponible Social Protection Expenditure and Performance Reviews (SPERs) establish inidcators of system performance with respect to its effectiveness, efficiency, population coverage and the adequacy of benefit levels. ...

Protecting Workers in MSEs: Can Trade Unions make a Difference? A Case Study of the Bakery and Confectionery Sub-sector in Kenya.
2002 - Gregg J. Bekko and George M. Muchai; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Protecting Workers in MSEs: Can Trade Unions make a Difference?Synthèse disponible The overall purpose of this research is to shed light on labour practices and working conditions in MSEs in Kenya by focusing on the bakery and confectionery sub-sector and documenting how trade unions are attempting to redress the decent work deficits in ...

Proyecto regional sobre integracion del sector informal urbano al proceso de modernizacion
1997 - Régions

Rapid Assessment of Poverty Impacts RAPI - Elaboration of a Rapid Survey Method of Assessing the Poverty Reduction Impacts of Pilot Employment-Intensive Projects
2000; Laura Murphy; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Rapport de la mission d'évaluation du projet CUROR/PNUD/BIT CMR 97/005
1999 - Demoitie R.; Epee Bekima, E.

Readings on Women Workers in India: selected annotations.
1999 - Bhat, Preeti Documents en annexe: 1. Readings on Women Workers in India: selected annotationsSynthèse disponible This bibliography is part of the information package produced by the project for awareness generation and training on women workers' rights. ...

Reconceptualizing Work and Decent Work Indexes.
2002 - IFP/SES, Social Protection; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible A number of papers related to the topics discussed at the workshop (12-13 December 2002) will be brought out as a book. Forthcoming. ...

Reference guide and tools on health micro-insurance schemes in the Philippines : user's guide
2004 - Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Intended for individuals or organizations who are planning or operating a scheme to provide social protection to men, women, and their families in the informal sector. Explains the principles of extending health services, how to define a mutual benefit fo ...

Regional Programme to Strengthen the Vocational and Technical Training of Low-Income Women - RLA/96/MO1/IDB - AT/MH-5081-RG
CINTERFOR

Regulation and the informal economy: microenterprises in Chile, Ecuador, and Jamaica
1996 - Tokman VE.; Klein E. Synthèse disponible Based on three surveys of small and micro-enterprises in Chile (298 enterprises), Ecuador (415) and Jamaica (240), examines the relationship between activities in the informal sector and laws and regulations. Analyses the characteristics of the enterprise ...

Reinsurance of Health Insurance for the Informal Sector.
2002 - D. Dror Documents en annexe: 1. Social ReinsuranceSynthèse disponible The International Labour Office (ILO) and the World Bank have joined forces to devise a new way of helping small health insurers overcome financial crises caused by the unpredictable cost of severe or chronic illness. This innovative approach specifically ...

Resolution Concerning Statistics of Employment in the Informal Sector.
1993 - STAT; Département de l'intégration des politiques Documents en annexe: 1. ICLS General Report 1993Synthèse disponible Reviews the work of the ILO Bureau of Statistics from 1987 to January 1993. Includes the texts of the ILO Resolutions concerning: (1) statistics of strikes, lockouts and other action due to labour disputes; (2) the statistics of employment in the info ...

Review of institutional linkages for assistance to the urban informal sector
1990 - Sison RG.

Roadmap Study of the Informal Sector in Mainland Tanzania
2002; Dixon Fyle Kanyhama, SEED; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Role of employers' organisations in the informal sector and in industrial restructuring
1989 - Régions

Role of the Informal Sector in Coping with Economic Crisis in Thailand and Zambia
2004 - Gerry Finnegan, Andrea Singh; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Role of the Informal Sector in Coping with Economic CrisisSynthèse disponible Based on surveys of poor households in Thailand and Zambia carried out in 2000. Uses a sustainable livelihood approach to explore the livelihood problems experienced by these households during economic crisis and examines their survival strategies and cop ...

Rural informal sector in Asia: policies and strategies
1995 - Sethuraman, S. V. Synthèse disponible ILO. Seminar On The Rural Informal Sector In Asia (1993 : Yogyakarta) ILO. Seminar On The Rural Informal Sector In Asia (1993 : New Delhi, India) ...

Safety and Health in Small-Scale Surface Mines: A handbook.
2001 - Manfred Walle and Norman Jennings; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Handbook - French; 2. Handbook - English; 3. Handbook - SpanishSynthèse disponible Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) regulations might need to be revised to ensure that the special requirements of small-scale miners are adequately covered. This handbook sets out some basic principles for OSH in the absence of specific regulations, or ...

Safety and health in the informal economy: African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
2003 - I.W.A. Karanja, F.K. Muchiri, A. Muruka; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. African Newsletter on Occupational Health and SafetySynthèse disponible African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: Informal sector including small-scale enterprises Volume 13, No. 1, April 2003,ILO/FINNIDA, Helsinki, Pages 4 - 7 ...

Safety and health in the informal sector and small-scale enterprises: the experience of Botswana: African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
2003 - K.G. Regoeng; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. African Newsletter on Occupational Health and SafetySynthèse disponible African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: Informal sector including small-scale enterprises Volume 13, No. 1, April 2003,ILO/FINNIDA, Helsinki, Pages 10 - 13 ...

Secteur Informel: Fonctions macro-économiques et politiques gouvermentales - le cas du Burkina-Faso
1997 - Bertrand Gaufryau; Carlos Maldonado Synthèse disponible L'étude fait un certain nombre de propositions touchant à l'ensemble des facteurs pouvant avoir des incidences sur le secteur: politiques fiscales et monétaires, amélioration du cadre réglementaire et institutionnel, élimination de certaines contraintes n ...

Secteur informel: fonctions macro-économiques et politiques gouvernementales: le cas de la Côte d'Ivoire
1998 - Carlos Maldonado and Bertrand Gaufryau Documents en annexe: 1. Le Cas de Côte d'IvoireSynthèse disponible Ce document de travail fait partie d'une série de publications sur le secteur informel dans huit pays de l'Afrique francophone (Bénin, Burkina-Faso, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Niger, Rwanda et Sénégal). L'étude du secteur informel en Côte d'Ivoire est p ...

Secteur informel: fonctions macro-économiques et politiques gouvernementales: le cas du Bénin
1998 - Carlos Maldonado Documents en annexe: 1. Le cas du BéninSynthèse disponible Ce document de travail fait partie d'une série de publications sur le secteur informel dans huit pays de l'Afrique francophone (Bénin, Burkina-Faso, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Niger, Rwanda et Sénégal). L'étude du secteur informel en Bénin est présentée ...

Secteur informel: fonctions macro-économiques et politiques gouvernementales: le cas du Gabon
1998 - H. Pahhuys; G. Gasarian Documents en annexe: 1. Le cas du GabonSynthèse disponible Ce document de travail fait partie d'une série de publications sur le secteur informel dans huit pays de l'Afrique francophone (Bénin, Burkina-Faso, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Niger, Rwanda et Sénégal). L'étude du secteur informel en Gabon est présentée ...

Secteur informel: fonctions macro-économiques et politiques gouvernementales: le cas du Niger
1998 - Julien Gasarian; Carlos Maldonado Documents en annexe: 1. Le cas du NigerSynthèse disponible Ce document de travail fait partie d'une série de publications sur le secteur informel dans huit pays de l'Afrique francophone (Bénin, Burkina-Faso, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Niger, Rwanda et Sénégal). L'étude du secteur informel en Niger est présentée ...

Secteur informel: fonctions macro-économiques et politiques gouvernementales: le cas du Senegal
1998 - Carlos Maldonado and Bertrand Gaufryau Documents en annexe: 1. Le cas du SenegalSynthèse disponible Ce document de travail fait partie d'une série de publications sur le secteur informel dans huit pays de l'Afrique francophone (Bénin, Burkina-Faso, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Niger, Rwanda et Sénégal). L'étude du secteur informel en Senegal est présent ...

Secteur Informel: Fonctions macro-économiques et politiques gouvernmentales - le cas du Congo
1998 - Carlos Maldonado; Bertrand Gaufryau Synthèse disponible L'étude fait un certain nombre de propositions touchant à l'ensemble des facteurs pouvant avoir des incidences sur le secteur: politiques fiscales et monétaires, amélioration du cadre réglementaire et institutionnel, élimination de certaines contraintes n ...

Secteur Informel: Fonctions macro-économiques et politiques gouvernmentales - le cas du Rwanda
1998 - Carlos Maldonado; Bertrand Gaufryau Synthèse disponible L'étude fait un certain nombre de propositions touchant à l'ensemble des facteurs pouvant avoir des incidences sur le secteur: politiques fiscales et monétaires, amélioration du cadre réglementaire et institutionnel, élimination de certaines contraintes n ...

Sector informal en Bogota: una perspectiva interdisciplinaria
1997 - Editors: Carlos Maldonado; Montserrat Hurtado; Régions Synthèse disponible El presente volumen tiene por objeto dar a conocer las actividades y los avances preliminares alcanzados al término de la primera fase (junio 1994 a junio 1996) de la aplicación de la estrategia preconizada en Santa Fe de Bogotá. Tal condición confiere a ...

Sector informal en centroamerica
1985 - Haan H.; Régions Synthèse disponible ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Study of small scale industry development in the urban area informal sector, Central America - reviews the experience of government policy programmes and state aid; covers problems of access to credit, management development tr ...

Sector informal hoy: el imperativo de actuar
1987 - Tokman VE.; Régions

Sector informal urbano: una aproximacion a su aporte al producto
1995 - M. A. Castiglia; D. Martínez; J. Mezzera; Régions Synthèse disponible Compares the economic role of the informal sector and its impact on gross domestic product from 1980 to 1989 in Costa Rica and Panama. Lima Documento de trabajo No. 10. ...

Sector informal: quince anos despues
1987 - Tokman VE.; Régions

Seguridad social para los trabajadores informales colombianos
1997 - Van Ginneken, Wouter; Protection Sociale

Seguridad social y el sector informal
1990 - Mesa-Lago C.; Régions

Self-training in theory and practice: the programme to support urban informal sector enterprises in french-speaking Africa
1989 - Carlos Maldonado

Sharing experiences and lessons learned in the informal economy : Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda : project review workshop report, Kampala, 22-24 September 2003
2003 - ILO SYNDICOOP Programme; Emploi Synthèse disponible Reviews the achievements of the ILO SYNDICOOP project since its launch in April 1002. Describes activities in three countries aimed at strengthening the capacities of trade unions and cooperatives to work together in the informal economy. Outlines future ...

Shelter Provision and Employment Generation
1997 - Tipple AG.; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on the informal sector (III:B); 2. Extract on the informal sector (I:C)Synthèse disponible This thorough and wide-ranging study, published jointly by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS - Habitat) and the ILO, considers shelter provision as a means of meeting housing needs, generating employment and reducing poverty. It exami ...

Sistemas de información sobre el empleo no registrado en los países del Mercosur
1997 - P. Galín; S. Feldman.; Régions

Situacion sociolaboral en las zonas francas y empresas maquiladoras del istmo centroamericano y republica dominicana
1996 - ACTRAV; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Situacion sociolaboral en las zonas francas y empresas maquiladoras del istmo centroamericano y republica dominicana.Synthèse disponible Includes the texts of agreements reached by the Meetings of Central American Labour Ministers in 1993, 1995 and 1996. ...

Skills and work in the informal sector: Evidence from Yaoundé in Cameroon.
2002 - Fluitman, Fred; Momo, Joseph Jean Marie.

Skills in Asia and the Pacific: Why training matters.
1999 - IFP/SKILLS, Employment Sector; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Skills in Asia and the PacificSynthèse disponible Section 4: Training in the informal sector and equity: Exclusion of vulnerable groups from training and employment. ...

Skills Training for Decent Work in the Informal Sector of the North-West Region of Russia (St. Petersburg and Leningrad region).
2002 - Liudmila I. Velichko; Gortenzia M. Romanenkova; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Training for the informal sector in North-West RussiaSynthèse disponible This paper presents seven brief case studies related to the training of the unemployed and workers in the informal sector. A definition of the informal sector in the Russian Federation is provided according to which people in the informal economy accou ...

Skills Training in the Informal Sector in China.
2002 - Research Group of the Department of Training and Employment Ministry of Labour and Social Security; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Training in the Informal Sector - ChinaSynthèse disponible The focus of this report is on skills development, but it also provides background information on the informal sector and its developments in China. ...

Snapshot of working conditions in the urban informal sector.
1994 - Batino, JM. Synthèse disponible Provides some baseline information on working conditions in the informal sector, and makes specific recommendations for adapting the ILO approach for improving working conditions in small enterprises to the specific characteristics and needs of the inform ...

Sobre el concepto de sector informal y sus consecuencias juridicas
1994 - Grzetich A.; Mezzera J. Synthèse disponible Suggests creation of a category of

Social exclusion in the context of globalization
2004 - Jan Breman Documents en annexe: 1. Social exclusion in the context of globalizationSynthèse disponible Professor Breman's major interrogation is to what extent globalization is instrumental in overcoming or, alternately, aggravating situations of exclusion? He argues that it is necessary to understand both phenomena in a historical perspective. Exclusion i ...

Social protection and the informal sector in Central and Eastern Europe: sub-regional trade union seminar report
2000 - Régions Synthèse disponible From a sub-regional Seminar on Social Protection and the Informal Sector in Central and Eastern Europe (2000 : Zagreb, Croatia). Examines social security reforms in Central and Eastern European countries, highlighting approaches to pension reform. Exp ...

Une protection sociale pour tous, oui, mais comment l'assurer? Revue Internationale du Travail, Vol 139, No2, 2000
2000 - Roger Beattie Synthèse disponible Partout dans le monde on porte un grand intérêt à l'avenir de la protection sociale. Cet article éclaire ce sujet complexe en mettant surtout l'accent sur les pays en développement. Dans sa définition du problème, l'auteur fait le point, malgré les diffic ...

Social protection for informal workers : insecurities, instruments and institutional mechanisms
2002 - Unni, Jeemol; Rani, Uma; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Social protection for informal workers : insecurities, instruments and institutional mechanismsSynthèse disponible Based on data from a People's Security Survey in rural and urban areas of Gujarat State during the year 2000. Analyses the causes of insecurities of workers in the informal economy and identifies core needs of social protection. Makes recommendations for ...

Social protection for people in the informal economy of Nepal
2004 - Sharma, Shiva.; Régions Synthèse disponible Provides an analysis of the scope of existing social protection schemes at different levels, which address the needs of excluded groups of people in Nepal. Portrays the diversity and character of social protection mechanisms in the country implemented by ...

Social Protection for Women in the Informal Economy.
2000 - STEP; WIEGO; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Social Protection for Women in the Informal EconomySynthèse disponible This document is the report of a workshop held in Geneva 6-8 December 1999 the aims of which were to: - identify effective ways of providing social protection to those who work in the informal economy, especially women; - to exchange practical exper ...

Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy: New challenges for Asia and the Pacific.
2001 - W. Van Ginneken; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Paper from Twelfth ISSA Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Towards more effective social security in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 20-23 November 2000. (Manila, International Social Security Association, 2001, No 26) ...

Réassurance sociale : stabiliser les micro-assurances santé dans les pays pauvres
2002 - Dror, David M.; Preker, Alexander S. Documents en annexe: 1. Social reinsurance : a new approach to sustainable community health financing.Synthèse disponible Comprises 25 contributions on strategies and public policies on microinsurance-schemes. Focuses on reinsurance as a mechanism for enlarging the risk pool as well as the coverage of larger population groups, exemplified by experiences made in a pilot proje ...

Social Security and Coverage for All: Restructuring the social security scheme in Indonesia - Issues and options
2003 - Régions Synthèse disponible Reviews the Jamsostek social security programmes, giving details about the various benefit schemes. Covers the extension of coverage to excluded groups, the social budget, and experiences made in the Klaten field trial of the Health Sector Finance Project ...

Social Security at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Topical issues and new approaches
2001 - Hoskins, Dalmer D.; ISSA Synthèse disponible Contains 11 essays which discuss 1) policy trends and regional developments in social security reform, management, and informal care, and 2) particular programme areas including employment policy, pension systems and public disability schemes. ...

Sécurité sociale pour la majorité exclue : études de cas dans les pays en développement
2000 - Editor: Ginneken, Wouter van.; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Explores, through the case studies, ways in which governments and organizations at national and local levels can work together to bring social security protection to all. Examines self-financed schemes for informal workers and focuses on how NGOs, coopera ...

Social security for the excluded majority. Case studies of developing countries
1999; ILO; Protection Sociale
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Social security for the informal sector : annotated bibliography on developing countries, 1990-1997
1998 - Jesse, Andy; Ginneken, Wouter van. Synthèse disponible Contains some 270 bibliographic references grouped under four headings: socio-economic development and poverty; labour protection, social security; and organizing protection. ...

Sécurité sociale pour le secteur informel: un nouveau défi pour les pays en développement
1999 - ISSA Synthèse disponible Highlights some of the emerging opportunities for self- financed social insurance schemes in the informal sector and attemps to draw some lessons from these experiences. Also available in French and Spanish. Published in the International Labour Rev ...

Social security for the informal sector: Investigating the feasibility of pilot projects in Benin, India, El Salvador and Tanzania.
1997 - Wouter van Ginneken; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Social security for the informal sectorSynthèse disponible Comprises five essays on the design of pilot projects and feasibility studies to extend social security coverage to informal sector workers in Benin, India, El Salvador and Tanzania. Covers the target groups and their social security needs, alternative de ...

Social Security for the Informal Sector: Issues, options and tasks ahead.
1996 - Wouter van Ginneken; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Social Security for the Informal SectorSynthèse disponible This paper provides a conceptual framework for understanding the social security needs of informal sector workers and their dependants and reviews the three main options for meeting these needs. Finally, the paper identifies the main gaps in our knowled ...

Sécurité sociale pour l'économie informelle en Asie du Sud
2002 - Rajan, Irudaya S.; ISSA Synthèse disponible Examines social security programmes for the disadvantaged elderly population in the unorganised sector in three South Asian countries. Focuses on social assistance, old age homes and pensions. Finds that there is inadequate coverage and funding of program ...

Social security for workers in the informal sector in India: a study of programmes implemented by central and state governments
1989 - Wadhawan, S. K.

Social security, poverty reduction and development : arguments for enlarging the concept and coverage of social security in a globalizing world
2004 - Kannan, K. P.; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Distinguishes between Basic Social Security (BSS), intended for those who do not dispose of minimal resources and are prone to human deprivation and vulnerability, and Contingent Social Security (CSS), protecting people in hazardous situations arising fro ...

Social security/informal sector: The case of Senegal - Case study presented in - New forms of labour administration : actors in development
2002 - Edited by Lécuyer, Normand; General Editor: Courdouan, Jean.; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Social security/informal sector: The case of SenegalSynthèse disponible This case study concerns a project in which the labour administration is extending social security programmes to the informal sector. At the explicit request of the Minister of Labour and Employment in 1996, that ministry worked in conjunction with the Se ...

South African Microinsurance Case-Study
2002 - Michael Aliber; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. South African Microinsurance Case-StudySynthèse disponible This paper forms part of a multi-country project that seeks to understand the risks that low-income entrepreneurs face, their coping strategies, and the potential role that insurance can play in managing those risks. The paper reviews the regulation o ...

Southern Africa : extending social protection to the poor
2003 Synthèse disponible Demonstrates the need for social protection systems in countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in particular for women working in the informal sector. Describes three formal protection schemes currently operating in the region: nat ...

Southern Africa : organisational and negotiating power
2003 Synthèse disponible Examines how women's active participation and decision-making in the formation and management of organizations can empower them. Highlights the situation in the informal sector where women's ability to organize and negotiate is further reduced by gender d ...

Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) program
Emploi Synthèse disponible THE PROGAMME The Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) program is a management-training program with a focus on starting and improving small businesses as a strategy for creating more and better employment in developing economies and economies in transi ...

Street Traders and their Organizations in South Africa
2003 - Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Street Traders and their Organizations; 2. Street Traders and their Organizations - Compressed versionSynthèse disponible This booklet describes how street traders have started organising in Johannesburg and Durban. The main aim of the research and booklet is to help build strong local and national organisations so that street traders can speak with one voice and influen ...

Street Working Children in Albania: In Tirana, Shkodra, Vlora - A rapid assessment survey
2003 - Normes et principes et droits fondamentaux au travail Synthèse disponible Describes the lives of children working in the streets of three Albanian cities employed in four sectors: trade, services, transport and construction. Examines: factors that encourage child labour, characteristics of street child labour and its consequenc ...

Structural Adjustment Programmes and the Urban Informal Sector in Ghana
1995 - S.D. Barwa; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Structural Adjustment Programmes and the Urban Informal Sector in GhanaSynthèse disponible This is one of several studies carried out to assess the nature and magnitude of the impact of sturctural adjustment programmes on the informal sector. This study on Ghana confirms the negative overall impact of the structural adjustment programme on the ...

Structure and functions of rural workers' organisations. A workers' educational manual
1990; ILO; Dialogue Social
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Studies on the SYNDICOOP strategy for organizing workers in the informal economy: country reports: Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda
2004 - Ndamage, G.; Bee, F. K.; Kazoora, C. Documents en annexe: 1. Studies on the SYNDICOOP strategy for organizing workers in the informal economy: country reports: Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.Synthèse disponible Presents reports from three countries on SYNDICOOP projects aimed at strengthening collaboration between trade unions and cooperatives for the development of small viable cooperatives. Examines the situation of informal sector workers and existing unions ...

Study of self-help associations in Metro-Manila.
1994 - Llanto G.; Dingcong C.; Espinoza ML. Synthèse disponible Based on a quantitative survey of informal sector associations in three urban locations: Marikina, Quezon City and Kalookan City (Philippines). Includes six in-depth studies of self help associations from the same locations. ...

Study on social partnership and development in Mongolia
2003 - Régions Synthèse disponible Investigates the effect of the legal environment, economic conditions and capacity of stakeholders in maintaining and developing multifaceted industrial relations. Evaluates all aspects of industrial relations and roles of tripartite constituents, and ide ...

Sub-Regional Course: Social security for informal sector workers.
2002 - ILO, Turin; Régions

Subcontracting in Metro-Manila: Operations and perspecitves.
1994 - Allal M.; Roaring E.; Roaring V. Synthèse disponible Based on a sample survey of subcontractors in three sectors where the latter constitute the main source of income for informal sector operators: garments, footwear and furniture production. ...

Supporting Workers in the Informal Economy: A policy framework.
2002 - Martha Alta Chen, Renana Jhabvala, and Frances Lund; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Supporting Workers in the Informal Economy: A policy frameworkSynthèse disponible This paper is premised on the notion that the informal economy is here to stay and requires appropriate regulations, laws and policies to correct biases in the existing regulatory, legal, and policy environment that favour formal enterprises and workers t ...

Sustainable community-managed and labour-based upgrading of urban low-income settlements
2002; Hamish Goldie Scot, Jan Fransen, Wilma van Esch; Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Syndicats et les travailleuses dans le secteur non structure: le cas des travailleuses domestiques a recife, bresil et des vendeuses sur les marches a ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
1993 - Anderfuhren M.; Cisse M.

Synthesis of Case Studies of Micro-Insurance and Other Forms of Extending Social Protection in Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
1999 - STEP; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Synthesis of Case Studies of Micro-Insurance and Other Forms of Extending Social Protection in HealthSynthèse disponible This report analyzes and synthesizes several micro-insurance experiences and other types of interventions geared toward extending social protection in health to excluded groups in the Region of the Americas. The objective of this report is to characterize ...

Tanzania youth development and employment foundation (tydef): informal sector training for employment: project findings and recommendations
1996 Synthèse disponible Reports on a project aimed at increasing urban employment for women and young people by encouraging the target groups to organize into small groups and providing these groups with credit and training. The project was delivered by TYDEF. ...

Tanzania, Child Labour in the Informal Sector: A Rapid Assessment.
2002 - Kadonya, C.; Madihi, M.; Mtwana, S.; Normes et principes et droits fondamentaux au travail Documents en annexe: 1. Tanzania - Child Labour in the Informal SectorSynthèse disponible Based on fieldwork conducted in Arusha, Dar Es Salaam and Mwanza regions, investigates and assesses the children's working conditions in the informal sector. ...

Tanzanian Women Entrepreneurs: Going for Growth
2003 - Emploi
Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Tanzanian Women Entrepreneurs: Going for GrowthSynthèse disponible This report on

Technical Note on the Extension of Social Security to the Informal Economy in Thailand.
2004 - Régions Synthèse disponible Presents an overview of the informal economy in Thailand and identifies the main issues relating to social security coverage. Examines approaches to extending social security and outlines studies and actions required in order to design and implement a str ...

Dixième conférence régionale asienne, Jakarta, Décembre 1985 - Rapport II - La formation professionnelle rurale et urbaine
1995 Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on the Informal Sector (eng. Ch II); 2. Le secteur non structuré (Ch III); 3. Le secteur non structuré (Ch II); 4. Extract on the Informal Sector (eng. Ch III)Synthèse disponible Le présent rapport met principalement l'accent sur l'évolution actuelle et future propre à entraîner un nouveau développement de la formation professionnelle au niveau national et au niveau de l'entreprise, ainsi que sur l'examen de nouveaux types de form ...

Le défi de l'économie informelle: Education Ouvrière. No. 127 (2002)
2001 - E. Delvaux Documents en annexe: 1. Education ouvrière 2001/2 Numéro 123; 2. Educación Obrera 2001/2 Número 123; 3. Labour Education 2001/2 No. 123Synthèse disponible Examines the rapid growth of the informal sector in sub-saharan Africa and outlines an ILO project to promote the organization of workers in this sector. English version - 15-18p Version Français - 14-20p Version Espagnol - 15-21p ...

La contratación comunitaria
2003 - Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. La contratación comunitaria; 2. The Community Contracting ApproachSynthèse disponible La idea de la contratación comunitaria, según se utilizó en Hanna Nassif, consiste en la solución de problemas prácticos al mismo tiempo que se genera el empoderamiento de las comunidades. La contratación comunitaria soluciona problemas de la comunidad me ...

The Construction Labour Force in South Africa: A study of informal labour in the Western Cape
2002 - Jane English; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. The Construction Industry in South AfricaSynthèse disponible The development of an efficient construction industry is an objective of policy in most countries. However, the focus of research and technical assistance to date has largely been upon the enterprises that comprise the sector - the contractors, subcontrac ...

Contribution des mutuelles de santé au financement, à la fourniture et à l¿accès aux soins de santé en Afrique de l¿Ouest et du Centre
1998 - Chris Atim, Ph.D., Abt Associates Inc.; Département de l'intégration des politiques Documents en annexe: 1. Contribution des mutuelles de santé au financement, à la fourniture et à l'accés aux soins de santé; 2. The Contribution of Mutual Health Organizations to Financing, Delivery, and Access to Health CareSynthèse disponible L'étude représente une étape importante dans la documentation et la compréhension de l¿expérience des mutuelles de santé en AOC. L'accent mis sur les dimensions quantitatives comme qualitatives et la prise en compte de pays anglophones tels que le Ghana e ...

The costs of informality : an illustration from India
2002 - Sudarshan, Ratna M.; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127; 2. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127; 3. Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127Synthèse disponible Informal work may bring some immediate benefits to workers and employers alike - but the social costs are high. So do the wider burdens outweigh the short-term gains? Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127, p51-55 Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127, p52-57 ...

The Dar es Salaam informal sector, 1995

The dark side of competition in microfinance
2002 - Bredow, Luis; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127; 2. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127; 3. Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127Synthèse disponible Describes the battle between socially-oriented microcredit and consumer credit companies. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127, p43-49 Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127, p47-54 Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127, 43-48 ...

The Demand for Risk-managing Financial Services in Low-income Communities: Evidence from Zambia
2002 - Lemmy Manje; Craig Churchill; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. The Demand for Risk-managing Financial Services in Low-income CommunitiesSynthèse disponible This paper forms part of a multi-country project that seeks to understand the risks that low-income entrepreneurs face, their coping strategies, and the potential role that insurance can play in managing those risks. The authors systematically analyse ...

The extension of social security coverage: The approach of the International Labour Office
2002; Emmanuel Reynaud; Protection Sociale
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

The Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion in Portugal: Experiences from the National Programme of Fight against Poverty
2004 - STEP; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. A luta contra a pobreza e a exclusão social em Portugal. Experiências do Programa Nacional de Luta contra a Pobreza.; 2. La lutte contre la pauvreté et l'exclusion au Portugal. Quelques expériences du Programme national de lutte contre la pauvreté.; 3. The Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion in Portugal: Experiences from the National Programme of Fight against Poverty; 4. La lucha contra la pobreza y la exclusión social en Portugal. Experiencias del Programa Nacional de Lucha contra la Pobreza.Synthèse disponible This study aims to describe and analyse the Portuguese experience of poverty and social exclusion, because the formulation, implementation and results of measures to combat these problems are of undoubted interest and the lessons learnt from it can contri ...

The future of urban employment
1998 Synthèse disponible This book presents the immense problems and the enormity of the tasks confronting those who lead the world's large cities, whether in the developing, transitional or industrialized worlds. There is increasing convergence in the problems facing cities in a ...

The gender dimensions of the globalization of production
2004 - Stephanie Barrientos; Naila Kabeer; Naomi Hossain; Département de l'intégration des politiques Documents en annexe: 1. The gender dimensions of the globalization of productionSynthèse disponible This paper starts by reviewing existing information on changing global production systems and gender employment trends, focusing on export agriculture and manufacture. The opportunities and constraints that changing global production has generated for wom ...

The Global Social Trust pilot project. A status review.
2003 - SOC/FAS; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible The Global Social Trust is an innovative concept in which individual contributors in donor countries are brought together in partnership with recipient countries to extend sustainable social security provision. A pilot project will be launched and this ...

The ILO and the Informal Sector: An institutional history.
2000 - Paul Bangasser; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. ILO and the Informal SectorSynthèse disponible In this paper, the focus is on the institutional history of the ILO and the informal sector. How did the International Labour Office, as a large international and also bureaucratic institution respond to a concept and an economic reality which is both cen ...

The ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work
2001 - Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Code of Practice - Urdu; 2. Code of Practice - Russian; 3. Code of Practice; 4. Code of Practice - Spanish; 5. Code of Practice - Azeri; 6. Code of Practice - French; 7. Code of Practice - Arabic; 8. Code of Practice - Turkish; 9. Code of Practice - Japanese; 10. Code of Practice - Thai; 11. Code of Practice - Portugese; 12. Code of Practice - Ukrainien; 13. Code of Practice - VietnameseSynthèse disponible This code is the product of collaboration between the ILO and its tripartite constituents, as well as cooperation with its international partners. It provides invaluable practical guidance to policy-makers, employers' and workers' organizations and other ...

The ILO digital collection 2003
2003 Synthèse disponible Established in 1919 and since 1946 a member of the United Nations Organization, the International Labour Organization has focused on workplace issues actively seeking to create decent work for all - work which is freely undertaken and performed in an envi ...

The Impact of Structural Adjustment on the Urban Informal Sector in Zimbabwe
1995 - Guy C.Z. Mhone; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. The Impact of Structural Adjustment on the Urban Informal Sector in ZimbabweSynthèse disponible Based on 1993 survey of 525 enterprises. This study analyses the impact of structural adjustment measures, as promulgated in the Economic Structural Adjustment Programmes (ESAP), on the urban informal sector in Zimbabwe. The study is based on a sample ...

The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Homeworkers in Thailand
2002 - Haspels and Homenet Thailand; Régions Synthèse disponible Describes the changing conditions and problems faced by homeworkers in two industries, the artificial flower and ready-made garment industries. Briefly reviews the early 1990s and then focuses on the years 1997-2001, which are the critical years of the fi ...

The Indonesian Situation of Public-private Partnerships and the Informal Economy
2002; Urban and Regional Development Institute (URDI); Emploi
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

The Informal Economy: Issues and Challenges
2002 - Sriyan de Silva; Dialogue Social Synthèse disponible This paper provides an outline of some of the issues, problems and challenges relative to the informal economy, with a view to encouraging different actors and policy makers to take them into account in policy formation. It also seeks to identify the caus ...

The Informal Economy: Views from academia.
2005 Synthèse disponible This discussion panel was part of the

The Informal Sector in Mongolia: Profiles, needs amd strategies
2001 - Elisabeth Morris; Régions Synthèse disponible This study updates and extends earlier research on the informal sector in Mongolia. The book examines the characteristics of the informal economy and its causes identifying key issues. The book also makes a number of policy reccomendations. Available i ...

The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.
2002 - Jantjie Xaba; Pat Horn; Shirin Motala; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. The Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan AfricaSynthèse disponible This paper provides information on 13 predominantly anglophone Sub-Saharan countries. Despite the lack of comparability of data, the authors nonetheless find certain general trends. These include a decline or stagnation in formal employment opportunit ...

The informal sector including small-scale enterprises: Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety
2003 - Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safetySynthèse disponible Asian-Pacific newsletter on occupational health and safety: The Informal Sector - including small-scale enterprises ILO/FINNIDA. Vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2003), Helsinki ...

The International Conference of Labour Statisticians 2003
2003 Documents en annexe: 1. ICLS 2003 General Report 1

The Interregional Programme to Support Self-Reliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples through Cooperatives and Self-Help Organizations (INDISCO)
1993-2006 - Emploi Synthèse disponible INDISCO was launched in 1993 under a DANIDA/ILO Framework Agreement. The objective of the programme is to contribute to the improvement of the socio-economic conditions of indigenous and tribal peoples through demonstrative pilot projects and disseminatio ...

The Kerala Construction Labour Welfare Fund
2004 - Nair, R. P.; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. The Kerala Construction Labour Welfare Fund.Synthèse disponible Describes the Welfare Fund Programme for construction workers in the state of Kerala. Analyses the functions of the fund and the extent to which it benefits casual workers in the informal economy. ...

The labour movements priorities in the informal sector
1999 - O'Neill, Faith; Dialogue Social Synthèse disponible Paper from an International Symposium on Trade Unions and the Informal Sector held by ACTRAV in October 1999.

The needs and characteristics of a sample of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Thailand
Maitree Wasuntiwongse; Régions
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

The non-contributory pension programme in Argentina: Assessing the impact on poverty reduction
2002; F. Bertranou, C. O. Grushka; Protection Sociale
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

The role of social health protection in reducing poverty : the case of Africa
2005 - Waelkens, Maria-Pia; Soors, Werner; Criel, Bart; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. The role of social health protection in reducing poverty : the case of AfricaSynthèse disponible This literature review aims to increase our knowledge of the potential that social health protection has in reducing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Of all regions in the world, sub-Saharan Africa ranks lowest in income per capita, life expectancy at birth ...

Le champ de la relation de travail
2003 Documents en annexe: 1. Le champ de la relation de travail; 2. The scope of the employment relationship; 3. El ámbito de la relación de trabajoSynthèse disponible Le rapport s'articule de la façon suivante. Le chapitre I fait tout d'abord l'historique des discussions qui ont eu lieu à l'OIT à ce sujet et évoque la résolution adoptée par la Conférence internationale du Travail à sa 86e session (1998) 5, ainsi que le ...

The Size of the Working Poor Population in Developing Countries
2001 - Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. The Size of the Working Poor PopulationSynthèse disponible The aim of this paper is to estimate the population of those persons in the labour market in developing countries who are poor and who work. Given that one important common focus of many international agencies is poverty reduction, it is surprising that t ...

The Warp and the Web: Organized production and unorganized producers in the informal food processing industry: Case studies of bakeries, savouries establishments and fish processing in the City of Mumbai (Bombay)
2000 - Ritu Dewan; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. The Warp and the Web: Organized production and unorganized producers in the informal food processing industrySynthèse disponible Analyses the food manufacturing sector in India, focusing on the production of bakery products, savouries and fish products in the city of Mumbai. ...

Tontines and the banking system: is there a case for building linkages?
1994 - Balkenhol B.; Gueye EH. Documents en annexe: 1. Tontines and the banking system: is there a case for building linkages?Synthèse disponible The idea to look closer at tontines in Dakar originated in the late 1980s when the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) were carrying out a training programme on commercial bank lending to small enter ...

Towards Decent Work in the Informal Sector: The case of Egypt.
2002 - Alia El Mahdi; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Towards Decent Work in the Informal Sector - EgyptSynthèse disponible The present paper focuses on two dimensions of informality which define the informal sector in Egypt: micro and small enterprises, and informal employment within formal sector enterprises (public and private). The author finds significant gender diffe ...

Vers l'universalisation de la sécurité sociale: l'expérience de la Tunisie
2002-2002 - Chaabane, Mohamed; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. F814543279/497sp1.pdf; 2. F996521431/496sp1.pdf

Trabajadores vulnerables y sector informal: De lo económico y lo normativo
1995 - J. Mezzera; M. L. Vega-Ruiz.; Régions Synthèse disponible Examines labour legislation regarding the urban informal sector in Latin America. Lima Working Paper No. 5 ...

Trade unions and the global economy : an unfinished story - Labour Education No. 124-125 (2001)
2001 - Robert Kyloh; Faith O'Neill; Carmel Whelton; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Trade unions and the global economy: an unfinished story.Synthèse disponible Reviews the origins and the history of the international financial institutions (IFIs) and analyses the growing criticism of these institutions. Examines the evolution of globalization and the impact of the WTO on developing countries' economies. Describe ...

Trade Unions and the Informal Sector: Towards a Comprehensive Strategy.
1999 - ACTRAV; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Trade Unions and the Informal SectorSynthèse disponible This background paper was presented at a symposium with the same title and as such should be considered a preliminary document drafted for dicussion. The paper begins by reviewing and attempting to make accessible the conceptual and definitional issue ...

Trade Unions in the Informal Sector: Finding their bearings: Nine country papers - Labour Education 1999/3 No. 116
1999 - ACTRAV; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Los sindicatos en el sector no estructurado; 2. Trade Unions in the Informal Sector; 3. Les syndicats dans le secteur non structuré

Training and Skill Formation for Decent Work in the Informal Sector: Case Studies from South India
2003 - Amit Mitra; Régions Documents en annexe: 1. Formación para el trabajo decente en el sector informal: estudios de caso en el sur de India; 2. Training and Skill Formation for Decent Work in the Informal Sector: Case Studies from South IndiaSynthèse disponible This paper analyses the approaches to training taken by five NGOs in South India in the context of an economy characterised by the sheer magnitude of the informal sector, and draws some lessons on how training interventions should be designed to create a ...

Training and Skills Acquisition in the Informal Sector: A literature review.
2002 - Marjo-Riita Liimatainen; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Training and Skills Aquisition in the Informal SectorSynthèse disponible The present paper reviews available literature produced in the 1990s reflecting experiences in the 1990s in Asia and Africa and, to a lesser extent, Eastern Europe, with regard to skills development in the informal sector. It complements a similar exe ...

Training for work in the informal sector : a new evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa
2002 - Haan, Hans Christiaan Documents en annexe: 1. Training for work in the informal sector : a new evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa

Training for work in the informal sector : fresh evidence from West and Central Africa
2002 - Haan, Hans Christiaan; Serrière, Nicolas Documents en annexe: 1. Training for work in the informal sector: fresh evidence from West and Central Africa.Synthèse disponible Reviews developments in the provision of technical skills for owners and workers of very small businesses, often self-employment, in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger and Senegal. Highlights case studies of formal and non-formal training efforts relevant for ...

Training for Work in the Informal Sector: New evidence from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
2003 - Hans Christiaan Haan; Régions
Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Formación para el trabajo en el sector informal. Nuevos ejemplos de Kenia, Tanzania y Uganda ; 2. Training for Work in the Informal Sector: New evidence from Kenya, Tanzania and UgandaSynthèse disponible This study aims to review the changes that have taken place over the past 15 years with regard to the training needs of informal micro and small enterprises (MSEs) and the provision of training by the public and private sectors in Kenya, Tanzania and Ugan ...

Training in the Informal Sector of Belarus.
2002 - Yuri Vesselov; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Training in the Informal Sector of BelarusSynthèse disponible This paper presents the major characteristics of the informal sector in Belarus, especially the involvement of the unemployed in informal entrepreneurial activities. Special emphasis is given to the small business sub-sector. The paper also profiles unemp ...

Training in the urban informal sector of developing countries: some recent findings of local observers
1987 - Fluitman F.

Training policies in support of the urban informal sector (uis)
1987 - Bas D. Synthèse disponible Workshop Of Experts On Training In The Urban Informal Sector Of Developing Countries (1987 : Turin, Italy) ...

Training, Equal Opportunities and Social Inclusion - Cinterfor/ILO website

Tripartite Study Tour on Employment Promotion and Income Generation in the Informal Sector: organized by ILO/Japan Long-Term Fellowship Project on Labour and Employment Policy Administration
2002 Documents en annexe: 1. Study Tour OutlineSynthèse disponible The tour was held 22nd November to 13th December 2002. The objectives of the Study Tour were to: (i) enhance the capacity of participants to identify and understand key issues relating to the informal economy; (ii) introduce global research, country ...

Mal-aimes de l'economie urbaine s'organisent: lecons d'un programme de l'OIT axe sur la participation au Mali, au Rwanda et au Togo - Revue internationale du travail (Geneve) 128,(1),(1989,) p.73-93.
1989 - Maldonado C.

Union education for informal workers in Latin America: Labour education 2002/2 No. 127
2002 - Castillo, Gerardo; Frohlich, Miguel; Orsatti, Alvaro; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127; 2. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127; 3. Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127Synthèse disponible Describes the education programmes aimed at informal workers launched by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and its regional organization for the Americas (ICFTU-ORIT). Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127, p9-14 Education ouvrière 200 ...

Syndicalisation des travailleurs informels au Ghana
2002 - Ghartey, Nana K.T.; Kwabla Dorkenoo, David; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127; 2. Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127; 3. Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127Synthèse disponible Discusses the efforts that trade unions have made in organizing workers in the informal economy. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127, p38-43 Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127, p41-47 Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127, p38-43 ...

Les syndicats et l'économie informelle en Afrique: Education Ouvrière. No. 127 (2002)
2002 - Mwamadzingo, Mohammed; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127; 2. Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127; 3. Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127Synthèse disponible Analyses the role that trade unions can play in promoting the needs of workers in the informal economy. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127, p33-38 Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127, p35-41 Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127, p33-38 ...

United Republic of Tanzania: training and income-generating activities for disabled persons; project findings and recommendations
1996 Synthèse disponible Assesses the progress made in the implementation of a project providing vocational skills training and promoting entry into mainstream employment of 200 disabled people (50 per cent women). The aim was to increase self-reliance through income generating a ...

Main-d'oeuvre non protégée: quel syndicalisme pour l'économie informelle?
2002 - ACTRAV; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Unprotected labour: What role for unions in the informal economy?; 2. Sindicatos y economía informal; 3. Main-d'oeuvre non protégée: quel syndicalisme pour l'économie informelle?

Urban employment guidelines: Employment-intensive participatory approaches for infrastructure investment.
1998 - Liu Jinchang Synthèse disponible Contains guidelines developed in line with the ILO's 1996- 7 work programme, to assist social partners, local authorities and informal sector organizations in the planning, implementation and evaluation of employment- ntensive community development initia ...

Urban informal sector in Asia: an annotated bibliography
1992 - Sethuraman, S. V.

Urban informal sector in developing countries and the collection and analysis of labour market information: issues and priorities
1986 - Haan HC. Synthèse disponible Conference paper on characteristics of the urban area informal sector and labour market data collecting in developing countries - discusses information needs, information sources and data processing; considers government policy to support the informal sec ...

Urban informal sector in developing countries: employment, poverty and environment.
1981 - Sethuraman, S. V. Synthèse disponible The book contains the findings on informal sector case studies in Freetown, Lagos, Kano (Nigeria), Kumasi (Ghana) - all of which were carried out during the 1970s. It is perhaps the first book of its kind because not only does it discuss the conceptual an ...

Urban Informal Sector in Metro Manila: A problem or solution?
1997 - G. Joshi Synthèse disponible Based on a 1995 survey of 4000 informal sector establishments and households in Manila, Philippines, examines issues related to the stability and security of the sector, the nature of self-help groups, and the potential for transition to a formal economic ...

Urban informal sector: concept, measurement and policy
1976 - Sethuraman, S. V. Synthèse disponible ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper suggesting a definition of the informal sector enterprises in developing country urban areas - constitutes part of a WEP research project concerning urbanization and employment, and includes criteria for identifying informal ...

Urban Poor Women as Caregivers and Breadwinners: A report on community-based child care for women in the informal sector.
1996 - Labajo M. Synthèse disponible Based on a survey of urban poor women in Quezon City (Philippines) concerning their child care practices and their perceptions about having child care centres in their own communities. ...

Urban Poverty and the Informal Sector: A Critical Assessment of Current Strategies
1997; S.V. Sethuraman
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Urban Poverty Partnership Programme (UPP): Capacity building for employment generation in the urban informal sector.
1998 - S. Miller

Urban sector in India : macro trends and policy perspectives
1999 - Kundu, Amitabh Synthèse disponible Provides an overview of macro trends and policy perspectives related to the urban informal sector in India and suggests alternative approaches to the analysis of the informal sector. Covers the period between 1970 and 1993-1994. ...

Ventas informales: relaciones con el sector moderno
1990 - Mezzera J.; Régions

Voice from ACTRAV project: Workers educational assistance in strengthening trade union support for workers in the informal sector in Indonesia and Viet Nam.
2001 - Uffe Elbaek Synthèse disponible Paper presented at the International Seminar on the Labour Movement : Opportunities and Strategies, Geneva, 19-21 April 2001 Makes recommendations for raising trade union awareness of the difficulties faced by informal sector workers and for integratin ...

Salaire, emploi et droits des travailleurs en Amérique latine 1970-1998
1999 - John Weeks Synthèse disponible La théorie économique néoclassique et orthodoxe prévoit que la libéralisation des échanges et l'assouplissement du marché du travail augmentent l'emploi et stimulent la croissance économique, avec pour conséquence une augmentation des salaires. Toutefois, ...

Website on Informal Economy
Emploi Synthèse disponible Website developed initially for the International Labour Conference General Discussion on Decent Work and the Informal Economy. ...

WISH Manual on Occupational Safety and Health for Homeworkers
2003 - Régions

Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A statistical picture
2002 - Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A statistical pictureSynthèse disponible The purpose of this report is to provide a statistical picture, using the available data, of the informal economy worldwide. The statistics and indicators presented in this booklet are designed to give a wide audience of users a better understanding of th ...

Women Entrepreneurs: A Baseline Survey - WEDE
2004 - Cross Sectoral Synthèse disponible The WEDE Baseline Survey reports on the socio-economic situation of income-poor women. It also reports on the assistance provided to them by seven NGOs. The NGOs provided micro credit for income generating activities and developing small and medium-scale ...

La protection de la maternité dans l'économie informelle
2002 Documents en annexe: 1. Mujeres en la economía no estructurada: es urgente garantizar la protección de la maternidad: Convenios colectivos mundiales: un marco de derechos; 2. Magazine Travail No. 45 2002; 3. World of Work No. 45 2002Synthèse disponible World of Work No. 45, December 2002 Magazine Travail No. 45, Décembre 2002 TRABAJO, Núm. 45, diciembre de 2002 ...

Women in the Informal Sector and their Access to Microfinance
1998 - Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Women in the Informal Sector and their Access to MicrofinanceSynthèse disponible Paper prepared for the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Annual Conference, Windhoek, Namibia, 2-11 April 1998. How do development experts address the constraints faced by female entrepreneurs in their access to microfinance? The paper states that to ...

Women organise for basic security
2002 - Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Portrays the daily lives of several low-income women, working in the informal sector, who work long hours under difficult conditions, and describes how they have been helped by SEWA (the Self Employed Women's Association) which has campaigned to improve t ...

Women organizing for social protection: The Self-employed Women's Association's Integrated Insurance Scheme, India.
2001 - STEP; Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Women organizing for social protectionSynthèse disponible This study has been undertaken in order to better understand and to share the lessons of this experience. Its aim is not an evaluation of the scheme. It discusses issues relevant to a better understanding of the insurance scheme, such as information about ...

Work Improvements in Small Enterprises (WISE)
Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible The ILO's Work Improvement in Small Enterprises (WISE) programme is designed to promote practical, voluntary action to improve working conditions by owners and managers of small and medium enterprises. Since the first publication in 1988 of the Action man ...

Work in the World: A teachers guide to work issues
2002 Documents en annexe: 1. Work in the World, 2002, Part 2; 2. Work in the World: A teachers guide to work issues - second editionSynthèse disponible This guide is aimed at teachers of students aged 14 plus. It is made up of text, activities, glossary boxes, case studies and a list of resources and addresses of useful organizations. The text has been written to provide teachers with background infor ...

Work, law and the "informality" concept: Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127
2002 - Justice, Dwight W.; Dialogue Social Documents en annexe: 1. Labour Education 2002/2 No. 127; 2. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127; 3. Education ouvrière 2002/2 Numéro 127Synthèse disponible Examines whether the concept of informality is useful or meaningful. Argues that it would be more helpful to concentrate on identifying workers that are unrepresented, unrecognized or unprotected. Educación Obrera 2002/2 Número 127, p4-9 Education ouv ...

Working conditions: Informal economy: I-WEB : A business-oriented approach to improving conditions in micro-enterprises
Documents en annexe: 1. I-WEB ManualSynthèse disponible The ILO's Improve Your Work Environment and Business (I- WEB) approach aims to bring together in an integrated way the ILO's approaches for improving working conditions (WISE) and business development (SIYB) in small and micro- enterprises. It is a practi ...

Working Conditions: Informal economy: Improving working and employment conditions of street and market vendors in Indonesia
Protection Sociale Documents en annexe: 1. Observation of Working and Employment Conditions; 2. Background and Project Outline; 3. Identifying Practical InitiativesSynthèse disponible Street and market vendors, the majority of whom are women, account for an important share of informal employment around the world. They commonly endure poor working and employment conditions, including long working hours, physically difficult and uncomfor ...

Working out of Poverty
Office of the DG
     (from Poverty, Local Development and Decent Work Resources database)

Working with Radio Stations
IFP/SEED, Employment Sector; Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. FIT Manual for Radio Companies - with photos; 2. FIT Manual for Radio Companies - without photos

Workshop on Reconceptualizing Work and Decent Work Indexes.
2002 - IFP/SES, Social Protection; Protection Sociale Synthèse disponible Held at ILO, Genevea, 12-13 December 2002. Book with revised versions of the papers presented due early 2004. ...

L'emploi dans le monde 1995
1995 Documents en annexe: 1. Sector no estructurado; 2. Extract on the informal sectorSynthèse disponible Que faire pour combattre le chômage? Ce rapport du BIT s'efforce de répondre à la question sur la base d'une analyse approfondie de la crise actuelle de l'emploi. Avec la mondiali-sation de l'économie, la restauration du plein emploi n'apparaît possible q ...

Rapport sur l'emploi dans le monde 1998-99: Employabilité et mondialisation - Le rôle crucial de la formation
1998 Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on the Informal Sector (Ch. 8); 2. Le secteur informel (Ch. 8); 3. El sector no estructurado (Ch. 8); 4. Extract on the Informal Sector (Ch. 7); 5. El sector no estructurado (Ch. 7); 6. Le secteur informel (Ch. 7)Synthèse disponible Dans le débat sur les mesures à prendre pour stimuler la compétitivité, la croissance et l'emploi, on accorde de plus en plus d'importance au rôle de l'enseignement et de la formation. Cela se reflète dans les politiques proposées récemment aux réunions d ...

L'emploi dans le monde 2004
2004 - Emploi Synthèse disponible Le Rapport sur l'emploi dans le monde 2004-05 traite trois thèmes qui sont complémentaires: l'emploi, la productivité et la réduction de la pauvreté. Augmenter la productivité permet d'offrir aux hommes et aux femmes qui travaillent le revenu et les resso ...

Le travail dans le monde - 1997-98: Relations professionnelles, démocratie, et cohésion sociale
1998 Documents en annexe: 1. Extract on the informal sector; 2. Sector no estructurado; 3. Secteur informelSynthèse disponible Mondialisation, démocratie, ajustement, flexibilité - nous vivons désormais dans un monde de changements permanents. A certains égards, nous nous trouvons aussi à la fin d'une période de stabilité du marché de l'emploi. Dans beaucoup de pays, les syndicat ...

Le travail dans le monde 1997-98: relations professionnelles, démocratie et cohésion sociale
1998 Documents en annexe: 1. GB 271 ESP/1 Inglés; 2. GB 271 ESP/1 Francés; 3. GB 271 ESP/1 EspagñolSynthèse disponible Includes a summary of the trends and conclusions identified in the World Labour Report 1997-98 and examines the consequences which ensue for ILO activities. ...

Rapport sur le travail dans le monde 2000: Sécurité du revenu et protection sociale dans le monde en mutation
2000 Synthèse disponible Rapport sur le travail dans le monde 2000, qui est l'une des publications vedettes du Bureau international du Travail, étudie le contexte changeant dans lequel femmes et hommes s'efforcent d'assurer la sécurité de leurs revenus, pour eux-mêmes et pour leu ...

Travail dans le monde 5: les droits de l'homme et le travail; l'emploi; les relations professionnelles; la protection sociale et les conditions de travail; annexe statistique
1992 Documents en annexe: 1. The informal sector; 2. El sector no estructuradoSynthèse disponible The first of a revised format of the World Labour Report. The previous four volumes were published at two-year intervals and focussed on one theme. This, and future volumes, will cover the whole labour field, with recurrent chapters on: human rights at wo ...

Zambian Women Entrepreneurs: Going for Growth
2003 - Emploi Documents en annexe: 1. Zambian Women Entrepreneurs: Going for GrowthSynthèse disponible This report on

Évaluation finale du projet de formation modulaire en faveur de l'artisanat rural proformar
1997 - Woillet, Jean-Claude; Pabanel, Jean-Pierre
   

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