All publications: informal employment + informal enterprises + informal economy

Room document 2: Conceptual Framework for Statistics on the Informal Economy

Room document for 21st ICLS

Room document 4: Defining informality for contributing family workers

Room document for 21st ICLS

Room document 3: Integrating dependent contractors in the framework for statistics on the informal economy

Room document for 21st ICLS

Room document 1: Conceptual Framework for Statistics on the Informal Economy

Room document for 21st ICLS

An integrated package of incentives and services to support the formalization process aimed at different categories of enterprises /...

The ILO carried out a study to identify the feasibility and modalities of launching an integrated package of incentives and services to support the formalization of companies in Cape Verde

Report

Promoting decent work in the African cultural and creative economy

The report identifies the challenges and opportunities for promoting decent work in the African cultural and creative economy (CCE).

Republic of Indonesia: Report to the Government – Financial assessment of the social security pension schemes administered by BPJS...

This report analyses existing provision and its future evolution and recommends an effective multi-tier pension system that covers all residents and provides adequate pensions on a sustainable basis.

Social insurance and climate change in Indonesia: Implications for Adaptive Social Protection ambitions

Among the wide range of possible roles of social insurance, this report aims to explore the potential of social insurance schemes in addressing climate risk and minimizing the impacts of related shocks in Indonesia.

The road to decent work for domestic workers

ILO Brief

Statistical Brief - Apprentices in countries with large informal economies

This statistical brief compares country-level data on apprenticeships with an interest in countries with large informal economies. It investigates the possibilities and limitations of current labour force statistics to provide a snapshot on...

ILC.111/VI/Points for discussion

General discussion on a just transition: Points for discussion

ILC.111/V/Points for discussion

Recurrent discussion on labour protection: Points for discussion

Report V(Rev.)

Leaving no one behind: Building inclusive labour protection in an evolving world of work

Background report for the second recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of social protection (labour protection), under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, 2008, as amended in 2022. In the...

Decent Work in the Circular Economy: An Overview of the Existing Evidence Base

Decent Work in the Circular Economy: An Overview of the Existing Evidence Base is a joint report by the International Labour Organization, Circle Economy, and the Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) Programme of the World Bank.

Report from the discussion at the Tripartite Meeting of Experts in Labour Statistics on the Revision of the Standards for Statistics on...

Summary of lessons Learned, Work in Freedom Programme

This document summarises the lessons learned (Parts 1, 2 & 3) by the Work in Freedom Programme, a ten-year bi-regional programme (2013-2023) that aimed to reduce vulnerability to human trafficking and forced labour among women workers in occupations...

Food processing sector

Value chain analysis of the food processing sector in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha

The report is produced by the development cooperation project ‘Promoting Sustainable Enterprises in India’ (PSEI) and aims at enriching knowledge of various market actors in the food processing sector in the two states for evidence-based design and...

2022 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean faces a "highly complex and uncertain" labour market in 2023 due to a conjunction of multiple crises that impact labour markets and make it necessary to apply policies to create formal employment. The most urgent...

ILO Working paper 89

What has been driving work-to-work transitions in the emerging world? – A comparative study of Indonesia and South Africa

This paper examines the shape, prominence and drivers of work-to-work transitions in South Africa and Indonesia – two middle-income countries with similar development levels yet different labour market characteristics.

TVET campaign booklet

The booklet contains the areas of technical and vocational education and skills development in easy and local language. This booklet was distributed during a national campaign conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education to the mass people.