All publications: informal employment + informal enterprises + informal economy

ILO-UNEP-IUCN joint report

Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions 2022

The first report in a biennial series on decent work, just transition and nature-based solutions.

ILO Working paper 85

Ride-hailing versus traditional taxi services: The experiences of taxi drivers in Lebanon

This paper provides insights into the working conditions of platform-based taxi drivers, and engages critically with the development of taxi platforms in Lebanon and shows its dependence on venture capital funds, the “non‑uberized” economy, the...

Promoting Gender Sensitive Business Environment Reform in South-East Asia: A Compendium of Solutions

Executive summary

ILO Working paper 84

Engendering informality statistics: gaps and opportunities

Informality is a dynamic and multidimensional concern that demands gender-sensitive data. In 2018, globally, more than 60% of employment was informal. However, global averages hide that in more countries the share of women in informal employment...

Social protection

Assessment of social security coverage of workers in diverse forms of employment and in platform employment in China

Appendix 1 of 4

Appendix 1: Report of key findings from the stakeholder survey on decent work in Nature-based Solutions

Appendix 1 of "Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions"

Appendix 2 of 4

Appendix 2: Methodology for Estimating current and future employment in NbS (Chapter 6)

Appendix 2 of "Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions"

Appendix 3 of 4

Appendix 3: Classification of countries included in the modelling results (Chapter 6)

Appendix 3 of "Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions"

Appendix 4 of 4

Appendix 4: Detailed case studies

Appendix 4 of "Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions"

Informal economy

The working conditions of home-based workers in Sri Lanka: A literature review

Desk study to identify the nature and extent of home-based work in Sri Lanka, specifically with respect to workers in micro and small enterprises, in the lower tiers of national and global supply chains

Book 2

Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction: For cooperatives and the collective sector - Book 2

The package entitled "Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction for cooperatives and the collective sector" was developed under the cooperation between ILO Vietnam and Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA). It is a set of training...

Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction: For cooperatives and the collective sector - Book 1

The package entitled "Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction for cooperatives and the collective sector" was developed under the cooperation between ILO Vietnam and Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA). It is a set of training...

Joint report - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, ILO and IDOS

A majority working in the shadows: A six-country opinion survey on informal labour in sub-Saharan Africa

Most workers in sub-Saharan Africa are informally employed, which often leaves them without access to health care and social protection.

Future of Work, Emerging Sectors and the Potential for Transition to Formality

The evaluation of policies promoting the transition to formality

ILO Working paper 75

Using Online Vacancy and Job Applicants’ Data to Study Skills Dynamics

This paper explores the potential of online job vacancy and application data for analysing skills dynamics, particularly where other data sources are scarce. Using data from Uruguay’s BuscoJobs platform, it develops a skills taxonomy and applies...

Socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: Labour market analysis and policy recommendation

This study attempts to examine the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, with a special focus on the sectoral level and Micro, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs); employment and the labour market; vulnerable groups;...

ILO Working paper 72

Why should we integrate income and employment support? A conceptual and empirical investigation

This paper conceptualizes, for the first time, the implementation of policy approaches that integrate active labour market policies within income support schemes, focusing on low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). We develop a conceptual framework...

Factsheet

Social protection