Resources on informal economy

November 2019

  1. Nepal: National Capacity Building and Planning Workshop for Stakeholders of Home Based Workers and Informal Workers in Supply Chains

    The two-day workshop was aimed to build capacity, create a common understanding and concertize possible actions on the issue of home workers, home-based workers, and other workers in the informal economy, who are part of global supply chains.

September 2019

  1. Invisible workers: Enabling decent work for informal economy workers global supply chains

    10 September 2019

    The video was developed as a part of ILO/Japan Multi-bilateral Programme - 'Towards Fair and Sustainable Global Supply Chains: Promoting Decent Work for Invisible Workers in South Asia' and provides brief introduction about the background and objectives of the project.

January 2019

  1. National Capacity Building and Planning Workshop

    This workshop for central trade unions and membership based organisations was organised to discuss issues and challenges related to informal economy workers in lower tiers of global supply chains, including home workers and other home based workers.

August 2018

  1. Effective wage policies can tackle inequality, poverty and achieve the 2030 Agenda

    20 August 2018

    ILO India, Director, Dagmar Walter speaks at the launch of the India Wage Report.

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    ILO: Strong wage policies are key to promote inclusive growth in India

    20 August 2018

    Despite real wage growth, inequality, informality and gender wage gap persist.

  3. Agenda of the workshop: “Designing and Implementing Effective Wage Policies”

    20 August 2018

  4. India Wage Report: Wage policies for decent work and inclusive growth

    20 August 2018

    This report provides an overview of recent trends in wages, including wage gaps between different categories of workers, gender wage gaps, wages by sector and occupation, and trends in wage inequality. It analyses the existing market labour institutions and framework; particularly focussing on minimum wages and collective bargaining, and also suggests some policy-oriented recommendations.

  5. Agenda for the launch of “India Wage Report: Wage policies for decent work and inclusive growth”

    20 August 2018

  6. Launch of the India Wage Report

    Presentation of "The India Wage Report: Wage policies for decent work and inclusive growth". The report analyses wage trends in India, including wage gaps between different categories of workers, gender wage gaps, wages by sector and occupation, and trends in wage inequality.

March 2018

  1. VIDEO: “Everyone in my village has moved to the city for a job”

    24 March 2018

    Kura is a migrant worker hailing from a small village of Uttar Pradesh, India. He left his home and moved to New Delhi for work and livelihood. He says life hasn’t been easy and that he wishes for a secure future for his children.