All publications: informal employment + informal enterprises + informal economy

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)....

Bangladesh

Promoting market driven employable skills

Highlights of the Bangladesh Skills for Employment and Productivity (B-SEP) Project, 2014-19

Women and men in the informal economy: a statistical brief

This is a joint publication by WIEGO and the ILO. It is a brief version of the 3rd edition of Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture (ILO 2018).

Joint OECD / ILO publication

Tackling Vulnerability in the Informal Economy

Informal Economy

Organizing Informal Workers into Trade Unions-A trade union guide

The aim of this document is to offer practical guidance on how to address six institutional challenges in organizing the informal economy into trade unions. The guide relies on practical and important lessons on how to integrate the diverse group of...

Emerging trends in the use of technology as a driver of the transition to formality: Experiences from Asia and the Pacific

Bangladesh

Breaking gender barriers in the World of Work

The 15 women featured in this book illustrate the boundaries that have broken down and the massive difference that a basic skills-training programme can make.

Market System Analysis - Africa

Can we create better jobs in Africa's booming construction sector ? Looking to market systems analysis to point us in the right direction

Market System Analysis - Africa

Can we create better jobs in Africa's booming construction sector ? Looking to market systems analysis to point us in the right direction

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Zimbabwe

Advocacy Sheets: Good practices, replication steps and way forward

This project successfully demonstrated some market driven skills delivery systems such as Public-Private partnership (PPP), Employment Support Services (ESS), Apprenticeship, Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Green Jobs. These advocacy sheets...

Informality and non-standard forms of employment

Prepared for the G20 Employment Working Group meeting.

Report

Digital labour platforms and the future of work: Towards decent work in the online world

The report offers one of the first comparative studies of working conditions at five of the major, global, online micro-task platforms.

Executive summary: Digital labour platforms and the future of work

This report provides one of the first comparative studies of working conditions on five major micro-task platforms that operate globally.

Market System Analysis - Rwanda

Laying a foundation for better working conditions

Revealing the construction value chain to enhance working conditions and fight informality in Rwanda

Market System Analysis - Rwanda

Weaving better working conditions into Rwanda's garment industry

Untangling the garment value chain to promote better working conditions and fight informality in Rwanda

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

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...

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 247

New technologies and the transition to formality: The trend towards e–formality

TRANSITION DE L’ECONOMIE INFORMELLE VERS L’ECONOMIE FORMELLE L’EXPERIENCE DE LA COOPERATIVE DES TANNEUSES DE GUEDIAWAYE,DAKAR – SENEGAL

Revision of the Resolution concerning statistics of employment in the informal sector and the Guidelines regarding the statistical...