Publications on informal economy
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Publication
Youth employment in conflict and fragile settings (Elisa Selva and Federico Negro)
07 May 2021
Is the future ready for youth? Youth employment policies for evolving labour markets
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Book
Is the future ready for youth?
18 March 2021
How do we ensure that the policymakers and the global community prioritize youth employment, so essential for sustainable development and social justice? This book brings together contributions from ILO with broad global experience in successful youth employment policies. They discuss the policies needed to address the challenge, in a time of rapid transformation, of achieving a better future for the youth.
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ILO Working Paper 19
Trends and new developments in employment services to support transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa Regions
16 December 2020
This paper presents the findings of a survey undertaken in selected countries in the Sub Saharan Africa and Middle East and North Africa regions (SSA and MENA) aimed at reviewing the status of employment service provision, challenges and opportunities for their development.
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Factsheet
Beyond contagion or starvation: Giving domestic workers another way forward
05 May 2020
In the wake of COVID-19, governments around the world have called on people to take one most important action: to stay home. But for many workers, staying home has meant losing their jobs, or worse still, losing their livelihoods.
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Transition to formality
Transition to Formality and Structural Transformation: Challenges and Policy options
17 March 2020
The book examines “new forms of informality” in developed and developing countries, and how our policies can be improved to respond to new evolving realities.
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Research Department Working Paper n°50
Eligibility and participation in unemployment benefit schemes: Evidence from Mauritius
17 October 2019
The article explores the determinants of participation in the unemployment benefit system in Mauritius, focusing on the role played by eligibility criteria and take-up
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Research Department Working Paper n°49
Unemployment insurance schemes around the world: Evidence and policy options
14 October 2019
This article conducts a comparative analysis of unemployment insurance schemes in advanced and emerging economies, with the aim of identifying differences in policy approaches across countries and pointing at possible consequences in terms of policy outcomes.
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Publication
Work on Digital Labour Platforms in Ukraine: Issues and Policy Perspectives
27 July 2018
The surveys focused specifically on working conditions of online platform workers in Ukraine, and show that digital labour platforms have transformed the modes of work and changed how work is viewed by both businesses and workers.
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Research Department Working Paper n°10
Do public employment services improve employment outcomes? Evidence from Colombia
11 March 2016
The paper assesses the effects of participation in the Public Employment Service (PES) in Colombia by means of propensity score matching.
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Publication
The health of workers in selected sectors of the urban economy: Challenges and perspectives
01 January 2013
This paper aimed at analysing and systematizing the health challenges faced by the poorest strata of urban workers and to discuss solutions.