All publications: informal employment + informal enterprises + informal economy
Informal economy
Report of Transition to the formal economy: A Global knowledge sharing forum - GKSF
As a follow-up to the adoption of R204, the ILO organized a Global Knowledge Sharing Forum on Transition to Formal Economy from the 23rd-27th of November at the International Training Centre of the ILO (Turin Centre) . The Forum, held in English and...
Informal economy
Transition to the formal economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Based on the recent developments that took place in the region, the main aim of this report is to depict the regional patterns in policies and outcomes and obtain lessons from them to enrich the discussion on better policies to handle the...
Social Protection in ASEAN: Employer Perspectives and Recommendations
This paper analyzes the social protection system from the perspective of employers in the four ASEAN countries of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. It provides an overview of social protection policies relevant to employers, their views...
ESS Paper Series (SECSOC) - ESS 49
National experiences in building social protection floors. India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
This study reviews the legislation and implementation of the Indian Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the light of the provisions of Recommendation No. 202.
Triangular cooperation and Decent Work: Good Practices
This publication is aimed at emphasizing the growing importance of South-South and triangular cooperation for the ILO in promoting social justice and mainstreaming the Decent Work Agenda, with a particular focus on triangular cooperation. It...
13th African Regional Meeting
ARM 2015 Media accreditation
Informal Economy
Summary Report of the Regional Conference on the Formalization of the Informal Economy
This Regional Conference created a forum to share good practices and ideas on how to continue tackling the informal economy and to better implement the new ILO R204. 15-16 September 2015, Montenegro
Employment in microenterprises between 2003 and 2013: improvements and challenges
As shown in this new joint ECLAC/ILO report, the economic growth slowdown is starting to affect labour market indicators. Although the regional open unemployment rate remains at historically low levels and real wages continue to grow modestly in...
UN Green Jobs Programme: Enhancing competitiveness and sustainable business among MMEs in the building construction industry (phase II) ...
Project ZAM/13/01/FIN - Evaluation consultants: Ngonidzaishe Marimo (Team Leader) & Griffin Nyirongo (Local Consultant)
On the farm
Safety and health on the farm
The occupational safety and health fact sheets depict safe working practices related to specific hazards found on the farm, at motor vehicle repair shops and at the wood workshop. These fact sheets are aimed at employers and workers in micro and...
At the motor vehicle repair shop
Safety and health at the motor vehicle repair shop
The occupational safety and health fact sheets depict safe working practices related to specific hazards found on the farm, at motor vehicle repair shops and at the wood workshop. These fact sheets are aimed at employers and workers in micro and...
At the wood workshop
Safety and health at the wood workshop
The occupational safety and health fact sheets depict safe working practices related to specific hazards found on the farm, at motor vehicle repair shops and at the wood workshop. These fact sheets are aimed at employers and workers in micro and...
Generating emergency employment and recovering sustainable livelihoods in the Philippines: Norways contribution to the livelihoods...
Project PHI/13/05/NOR - Evaluation consultants: Christoph David Weinmann and Felicissimo David
A programme to reduce WFCL in tobacco-growing communities in Zambia (ARISE I) (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project ZAM/12/55/JTI - Evaluation consultant: Jose Maria Alvarez (team-leader) and Stephen Chipala
Irish Aid Phase II: Testing methodologies to support informal economy workers and small producers to combat hazardous child labour in their...
Project GLO/13/57/IRL - Evaluation consultant: João de Azevedo (team-leader); National Evaluators: Stella Dzator (Ghana); Affo Daoudou Hamissou (Benin)
Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Honduras
Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Nicaragua
Improvement of Livelihoods of Vulnerable Households in urban and peri-urban areas of Galkayo
Metal work and wood work play an important role in light engineering sector and the employment potential of the sector;
International labour standards
R204 - Recommendation concerning the transition from the informal to the formal Economy
Text of the Recommendation adopted by the Conference at its 104th Session in Geneva, on 12 june 2015.
The labour, human health and environmental dimensions of e-waste management in China
This research paper examines the labour, human health and environmental dimensions of e-waste management in China, analyzing both the formal and informal sectors. It identifies the needs for synergizing policies and measures concerning environmental...
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