All publications: informal employment + informal enterprises + informal economy

Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework (BNQF) Report

The BNQF has been formulated to ensure that qualification outcomes remain relevant and nationally consistent, continue to support flexible qualifications linkages and pathways enable national and international portability and comparability of...

World Employment and Social Outlook 2023: The value of essential work

Key workers are essential for societies to function. This report calls for a revaluation of their work to reflect their social contribution, and for greater investment in key sectors.

Executive Summary

World Employment and Social Outlook 2023: The value of essential work [Summary]

Key workers are essential for societies to function. This report calls for a revaluation of their work to reflect their social contribution, and for greater investment in key sectors.

ILO Brief

Intervention Model: For extending social protection to migrant workers in the informal economy

Drawing from the ILO Guide on “Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers, Refugees, and their Families” developed in collaboration with ISSA and ITCILO, the Intervention Models aim to provide policymakers and practitioners with succinct...

Participation and employment in seven developing economies: An age-period-cohort analysis

This paper aims at comparing various characteristics of labour force participation and employment, either formal or informal, for both men and women in several emerging or developing economies of different regions using pseudo panels and the...

Labour Overview 2022 for Latin America and the Caribbean [Executive summary]

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...

Occupational safety and health

A flipbook on improving occupational safety and health in the natural stone industry in India

This flipbook has been developed under the ILO initiative ‘Paving the way for sustainable development of natural stone industry in Rajasthan’ funded by the Government of Flanders (Belgium).

Diagnostic report on the extent, circumstances, causes, factors and nature of informality in Nepal

The report aims to inform the design and implementation of laws and regulations, policies and other measures aiming to facilitate the transition to the formal economy.

ILO at a Glance for Zambia

The ILO at a Glance for Zambia gives brief insight of ILO intervention in the country

ADWA'

Toward More Job-Rich Growth: The Case of Egypt

This policy note is part of a series of three policy notes on Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt that the ADWA’ Project and the Economic Research Forum (ERF) have jointly developed building on the findings of the 2nd Report on Jobs and Growth with a view to...

ADWA'

Towards More Job-Rich Growth: The Case of Tunisia

This policy note is part of a series of three policy notes on Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt that the ADWA’ Project and the Economic Research Forum (ERF) have jointly developed building on the findings of the 2nd Report on Jobs and Growth with a view to...

Country practices for measuring informal sector and informal employment

Room document to support the discussions at the Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics in Preparation for the 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians

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

Dependent Contractors and the framework of the informal economy

Room document to support the discussions at the Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics in Preparation for the 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians

Conceptual Framework for Statistics on the Informal Economy

Room document to support the discussions at the Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics in Preparation for the 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians

Contextualising informality: The Informal Economy Indicator Framework (draft)

Room document to support the discussions at the Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics in Preparation for the 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians

Defining informality for contributing family workers

Room document to support the discussions at the Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics in Preparation for the 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023

This ILO flagship report details the impact of economic slowdown on the global labour market.

Executive Summary

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023

This ILO flagship report details the impact of economic slowdown on the global labour market.

ILO Working paper 86

Negotiations by workers in the informal economy

This paper provides empirical evidence from Africa, Asia and the Americas on negotiations and collective bargaining by workers in the informal economy.