All publications: informal employment + informal enterprises + informal economy

Report

Tackling informality in e-waste management: The potential of cooperative enterprises

The present paper is the product of a joint effort by the Sectoral Policies Department and the Cooperatives Unit of the International Labour Organization (ILO). This initiative supports the ILO’s commitment to promote forms of employment that...

Thematic Labour Overview 1: Transition to Formality in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Informality is a large-scale situation with multiple causes; at the same time it is highly heterogeneous, and is characterized by an acute shortage of decent work. Most people who work in the informal economy are exposed to inadequate and insecure...

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 49

Informality and employment quality in Argentina: Country case study on labour market segmentation

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 52

Segmentation and informality in Vietnam: A survey of the literature Country case study on labour market segmentation

Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 2

Cooperating out of isolation: Domestic workers’ cooperatives

This note on ways cooperatives provide a way out of precarious and informal working arrangements for domestic workers, is the third in the series on Cooperatives and the World of Work.

G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting

Informality and the quality of employment in G20 countries

ILO Report prepared for the G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting held in Melbourne, Australia, 10-11 September 2014.

Report V(1)

The transition from the informal to the formal economy

Making Decent Work a Reality for Domestic Workers Swedish funding towards Outcome 5 (Final evaluation summary)

Project: GLO/11/54/SID - Evaluation Consultant: Una Murray

Formalization

Labour law, the business environment and growth of micro and small enterprises - Bangladesh

Part of a series of four country studies commissioned by the ILO to research the impact of labour laws and the cost of regularization on entrepreneurs’ decisions to formalize their business.

Access to and Effects of Social Protection on Workers living with HIV and their Households

This report highlights the challenges faced by workers living with HIV and their households in accessing social protection programmes, examines the effects of such programmes on their lives and makes evidence-based recommendations.

Notes on Formalization

Informal Employment in Jamaica

Informal employment in Jamaica has remained practically constant over the years. There are several reasons for this, including low economic growth with low employment generation, tax incentives that give priority to capital intensive projects,...

2014. The ILO in Latin America and The Caribbean. Advances and Perspectives.

This third annual report on progress and perspectives of the ILO in Latin America and the Caribbean, prepared by the ILO Regional Office, is a continuation of the ones published in June 2012 and June 2013. Taken together, the three documents show...

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in the FYR of Macedonia.

This evaluation of the business environment of the FYR of Macedonia presents a comprehensive assessment of the 17 conditions of an enabling environment for enterprise development as it was proposed by the International Labour Conference of 2007.

Strategic Policy Framework for Improved Business Climate for Sustainable Enterprises in Macedonia

This documents builds on the EESE assessment and makes recommendations that will be of benefit to policy-makers, social partners, business associations and civil society in their efforts to create a business climate that will improve the...

2014 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

The 2014 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by slower economic growth. Following a decade of robust growth, during which the region created jobs and improved the quality of employment, there is uncertainty and...

2013 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

Twenty years after the Labour Overview was first published, we analyze the challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean today. We also take a retrospective look at two very distinct decades for the labour markets of the region and envision the...

The impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on the labour market: a preliminary analysis

The report focuses on the pre-existing employment and labour market challenges in Jordan, which have been exacerbated by the Syrian refugee crisis. Addressing the Syrian refugee crisis needs to take a holistic and comprehensive approach that...

Report V(2)

Transitioning from the informal to the formal economy

Assessment of the impact of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and their employment profile

In order to assess the impact and identify the ramifications of an increasing number of Syrian refugees (many of whom will be seeking work) the ILO implemented an assessment of their impact and a survey of their employment status in four regions...

Second edition

Ergonomic checkpoints in agriculture: Practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions

This manual presents practical solutions for improvements in agricultural work and rural life from an ergonomics point of view. The checkpoints it lists are intended to be used as a means to improve existing working and living conditions, for better...