News on informal economy
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© Sharada Prasad CS 2019
World Toilet Day
New report highlights dire working conditions of sanitation workers in some developing countries
14 November 2019
Countless sanitation workers in the developing world work in conditions that endanger their lives and health, and violate their dignity and rights.
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InfoStories
The power of small: Unlocking the potential of SMEs
21 October 2019
Micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises are responsible for more than two thirds of all jobs worldwide. Explore this InfoStory to find out how the ILO is supporting SMEs to reach their full potential and securing a better future of work for everyone.
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© ILO 2019
Employment creation
Small businesses and self-employed provide most jobs worldwide and in Asia
11 October 2019
A new ILO study reveals that almost seven in 10 workers worldwide are self-employed or in small businesses. Self-employed and micro-enterprises account for more than 80 per cent of employment in South Asia. By contrast, medium-sized and large enterprises account for 46 per cent of employment in East Asia and the Pacific.
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© ILO 2019
Employment creation
Small businesses and self-employed provide most jobs worldwide, new ILO report says
10 October 2019
A ground-breaking study reveals that seven in 10 workers are self-employed or in small businesses, a finding that has significant implications for employment and enterprise support policies world-wide.
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© Gianfranco Fiorini / ILO 2019
Informality
Lima’s Gamarra market: The benefits of moving to the formal economy
09 October 2019
Combating informality is key to governments’ efforts to reduce inequality and social exclusion. This is particularly true in Peru where many employees work in informal conditions.
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Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
Debate on regulating digital labour platforms is crucial
02 September 2019
The ILO Director-General highlighted the need for policies to deal with the challenges of web-based labour platforms. Some form of regulation is needed, Guy Ryder said at the meeting of G20 Labour and Employment Ministers in Matsuyama, Japan.
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News
ILO and StreetNet investigate the organizational needs of street and market vendors in Moldova
30 August 2019
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News
ILO participates in SEWA Workshop on Development of Grassroots Women’s Cooperatives in Ahmedabad
26 August 2019
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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
StreetNet International: Organizing street vendors towards formalization and economic empowerment
16 July 2019
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, ILO interviewed Ms Oksana Abboud, International Coordinator at StreetNet International.
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© SEWA 2019
Blog
How social cooperatives help informal workers
16 July 2019
Does organizing informal workers into their own cooperatives help them? Most certainly. Let me tell you about two poor salt-pan workers from the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK), Gujarat, India.