Informal economy resources

August 2023

  1. Promoting digital transformation of BPR/BPRS for improved financial access to support MSMEs developments

    The MSMEs play an important role in the Indonesian economy where this sector absorbs over 90% of the national workforce and accounts for over 60% of GPD growth annually.

July 2023

  1. Evidence-based policy making: Unravelling opinions from facts in Pacific Island Countries

    25 July 2023

    Training enhances capacity to use evidence and data to shape policies relating to the world of work

  2. Technology needs to work for employers and workers in an equitable future of work

    17 July 2023

    Address by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, OIC/Deputy Director, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi, at the New Technologies and the Future of Work conference

  3. Cooperatives improve the lives of people through equity: ILO DG’s video message for the International Day of Cooperatives featured in India

    01 July 2023

    ILO DG’s video address at the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress.

June 2023

  1. The first step to a life changing story - "How can I find work in a hotel or factory?"

    23 June 2023

    Sengsadeth Phimmasone, one of the beneficiaries of “Reduced Vulnerability of Returnee Migrant Workers through Linkages to Employment Opportunities and Integration into Local Economic Development in Response to COVID-19” funded by the Japanese Government.

  2. The first step to a life changing story - "I am a change man and want to make my kid proud"

    23 June 2023

    Khamphong Xayaseng, one of the beneficiaries of “Reduced Vulnerability of Returnee Migrant Workers through Linkages to Employment Opportunities and Integration into Local Economic Development in Response to COVID-19” funded by the Japanese Government.

  3. The first step to a life changing story - Nowhere is like home

    23 June 2023

    Bon Vilayphone, one of the beneficiaries of “Reduced Vulnerability of Returnee Migrant Workers through Linkages to Employment Opportunities and Integration into Local Economic Development in Response to COVID-19” funded by the Japanese Government.

  4. Lao workers enjoy brighter future following skills training supported by ILO initiative

    09 June 2023

    ILO project comes to a close after helping returnee migrant workers and workers considering migrating to find better employment opportunities in Lao People's Democratic Republic

  5. Coffee and cooperation boost productivity

    01 June 2023

    New machinery has helped a coffee cooperative in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to significantly boost productivity – one of the goals of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2. Read the latest story in our SDGs series, marking the SDG Summit in New York, 18-19 September.

May 2023

  1. ILO support helps tea and coffee farmers in Lao People's Democratic Republic boost productivity and incomes

    26 May 2023

    Projects collaborate with tea and coffee producer groups and cooperatives to reduce vulnerability of workers in Paksong District of Southern Lao People's Democratic Republic.