Informal economy resources

Informal economy

01 March 2010

Workshop on Methods of Organizing Informal Economy Workers in Nepal

14 October 2009

Informal economy is growing in Nepal especially due to the fact the formal sector is either stagnant or deteriorating by recent political change. The largest sector of informal economy in Nepal is agriculture with traditional employment relationship with so called feudal system. There are other sectors growing in urban areas particularly on home based activities ranging from domestic house works to ancillary activities for some big export items like woollen carpets, garments, mbroidery ande handicrafts. Construction is another sector of steady growth in big cities like Kathmandu and Biratnagar where most of the work takes place in informal employment relationship.

Nepal: critical development constraints - country diagnostics studies

30 June 2009

The country study is a collaborative effort by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), UK Department for International Development (DfID) and International Labour Organization (ILO) and examines the main factors holding back the country's development progress.

Highlights - Nepal: critical development constraints - country diagnostics studies

11 June 2009

The study highlights the Nepal's pace of economic growth and poverty reduction, critical obstacles hindering, policies and reforms to accelerate the country's development progress.

An overview paper on overseas employment in Nepal

01 December 2004

The report provides an important synthesis of information on labour migration from Nepal. The document offers a critical overview of statistics on migration, and details a range of limitations and holes in the available data. In addition, the report paints a demographic picture of Nepal's migrant workforce and analyses the caste, class and educational backgrounds of migrant workers in relation to their overseas destination and work opportunities.

The informal economy and workers in Nepal

01 January 2004

This report marks an important point in debates about Nepal’s informal economy. For the first time, the significance of the informal economy is recognised and the challenges facing workers discussed.

Social protection for people in the informal economy of Nepal

01 January 2004

This study has attempted to provide an analysis of the scope of existing social protection schemes at different levels, which address the needs of excluded groups of people in Nepal. The study portrays the diversity and character of social protection mechanisms in the country implemented by remarkably broad range of actors, including government, employers’ organizations, trade unions, community groups and women’s cooperatives, as well as families, caste-based and occupation-based groups and communities.

35th anniversary: ILO-Nepal partnership

01 November 2001

The publication is on the technical assistance programme from 1966 with the government and the ILO's social partners in Nepal.