All publications: informal employment + informal enterprises + informal economy

Bangladesh

A Decade of Skills Development: The ILO in Bangladesh 2008-2018

For more than a decade, the ILO has worked closely with the Government of Bangladesh, and a network of social partners, to reform the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector and to improve access for people to increase their...

ILO/Sida Partnership on Employment Working Paper No. 2

Growth and precariousness in Egypt

ILO/Sida Partnership on Employment Working Paper No. 1

Structural change and employment in India

ILO/Sida Partnership on Employment Working Paper No. 3

An incomplete transformation: SDG 8, structural change, and full and productive employment in Ethiopia

Issue Brief no. 5 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining

Negotiating for decent working time - a review of practice

This Issue Brief gives an overview of the regulation of working time through collective agreements in different regions of the world and outlines innovative solutions by the bargaining partners. It presents practices from various countries, which...

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 251

Formal salaried employment generation and transition to formality in developing countries. The case of Latin America

Rapid Market Assessment – Bolivia

Two paths towards export and business formalization (in spanish)

A Rapid Market Assessment of the sectors of Andean Grains and tourism in Bolivia

A rough guide to entrepreneurship promotion in forced displacement contexts

Formalization in Chile

This paper provides information on an integrated package of measures that have been implemented in Chile to foster the formalization of enterprises and the workers they employ. It also describes good practices in relation to public procurement,...

Research Department Working Paper n°50

Eligibility and participation in unemployment benefit schemes: Evidence from Mauritius

The article explores the determinants of participation in the unemployment benefit system in Mauritius, focusing on the role played by eligibility criteria and take-up

Research Department Working Paper n°49

Unemployment insurance schemes around the world: Evidence and policy options

This article conducts a comparative analysis of unemployment insurance schemes in advanced and emerging economies, with the aim of identifying differences in policy approaches across countries and pointing at possible consequences in terms of policy...

Independent evaluation of the ILO’s strategy and actions towards the formalization of the informal economy, 2014-2018

The evaluation assesses the ILO’s strategy and actions towards the ‘Formalization of the Informal Economy’ taking into consideration the conceptual, methodological and operational frameworks. It provides insight into the relevance, coherence,...

Preparing for the future of work: National policy responses in ASEAN +6 - Annex I

Inventory of Asia-Pacific national responses to technological change

Annex 1 of the “Preparing for the future of work: National policy responses in ASEAN +6” report presents an inventory of policies, strategies and programmes adopted or undertaken by the governments of ASEAN +6 countries in response to technological...

Full report

Preparing for the future of work: National policy responses in ASEAN +6

Spurred by technological advancements, demographic shifts and environmental and climate disruptions, fastpaced transformations are affecting how, where and when people work, impacting our labour markets and shaping the future of work. Preparing for...

Research Department Working Paper n°45

Can taxes help ensure a fair globalization?

Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 12

Waste pickers’ cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations

Waste pickers make significant contributions to public health, sanitation, and the environment by promoting resource circulation and reducing the amount of landfill. However, they are often not legally recognized as workers and suffer from poor...

Electronic registration of domestic work in Uruguay

Supporting the transition to formality: The case of informal female tanners in Senegal

The trend towards the use of technologies for transition to formality

E-Estonia: The digital society

New technologies are continuously transforming the world of work. An increasing number of governments are promoting the application of new technologies to simplify and facilitate the transition from the informal to the formal economy (e-formality)....