All publications: informal employment + informal enterprises + informal economy

Youth poverty in Accra: urban livelihoods in informal apprenticeships

Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 21

2012 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

New labour indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean portray a region that is experiencing its finest moment despite the crisis in other latitudes. We now face the challenge of taking advantage of this platform to remedy deficits that dampen...

Local governance and the informal economy: Experiences in promoting decent work in the Philippines

Employment Working Paper No. 135

"Is Small Still Beautiful?"

Literature Review of Recent Empirical Evidence on the Contribution of SMEs to Employment Creation

International perspectives on women and work in hotels, catering and tourism

This working paper highlights structural and cultural issues that often determine the roles that women play within the hotel, catering and tourism workforce and the strategies which can make a difference to their status and opportunities within the...

Local edge: Decent work - Stories from the grassroots

This collection features stories about how the creation of good jobs and achievement of personal goals is linked to local employment strategies based on the concept of decent work.

Feasibility study of the Social Service Delivery Mechanism for the implementation of the National Social Protection Strategy in Cambodia

The Social Service Delivery Mechanism (SSDM) is a one-stop-shop hosted in decentralized government structures. The aims of the SSDM are to locate social protection and employment services close to the people, empower local communities and the...

The global impact of e-waste: Addressing the challenge

This paper explores the volumes, sources and flows of e-waste, the risks it poses to e-waste workers and the environment, occupational safety and health issues, labour issues and regulatory frameworks, and links this growing global problem with the...

DIALOGUE Working Paper No. 43, "Non-standard work, social dialogue and collective bargaining in Indonesia"

The paper provides an overview of the situations facing informal, contract and outsourced workers, and how labour law regulates their terms and conditions of work. It analyses both legal and practical constraints in organizing such workers and the...

Brochure - Way Out of Informality: Facilitating formalization of informal economy in South Asia

Brief on the informal economy (IE) in Bangladesh, India and Nepal and an integrated Decent Work Strategy for IE.

Working Paper No. 106 - Rural Development Strategies as a Path to Decent Work and Reducing Urban Informal Employment: The Case of South...

Contribution of labour market policies and institutions to employment, equal opportunities and the formalisation of the informal economy:...

Employment Working Paper No. 123

Addressing Informality for Rural Development

Key issues and policy options to tackle informality, and release the potential of rural inhabitants and communities.

Brief profile on Informal Economy

Employment for social justice and a fair globalization

Working paper

Working Paper No. 36: "Non-standard workers: Good practices of social dialogue and collective bargaining"

This paper provides a comparative synthesis analysis of a series of national studies on non-standard work, collective bargaining and social dialogue in selected countries (Argentina,Colombia, India, Indonesia, Hungary, Japan and South Africa), which...

2011 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

For Latin America and the Caribbean, growth and employment ended with a positive balance in 2011. We are now at the end of a year characterized by intense uncertainty about the global economy. There is growing concern about the negative...

Growth, employment and decent work in Namibia: A situation analysis

Employment Working Paper No. 81

Responsible contracting: An approach aimed at improving social and labour practices in the property services sector

Research paper on the property services sector, and in particular on the provision of cleaning and security services, prepared as background for an ILO meeting on Private employment agencies in private services sectors, 18–19 October 2011.

Upgrading informal apprenticeship - A resource guide for Africa

A policy learning approach to shift informal apprenticeship back into the focus of national priorities for enhancing skills and youth employability.

Value Chain Development: Approches and activities by seven UN agencies and opportunities for interagency cooperation