Publication

Diagnosis on informality in targeted intervention areas of the PROSPECTS programme in Uganda

09 November 2021

In 2020, the ILO commissioned a study on the informal economy in the forced displacement context in Uganda. The aim of the study was to assess drivers of informality in refugee settlements and host communities in targeted regions of the PROSPECTS programme and identify opportunities to improve working conditions and reduce informality among these target groups.

Guidebook for policymakers, workers’ and employers’ organizations and other stakeholders

Extending social security to workers in the informal economy: Lessons from international experience

29 June 2021

For most workers in the informal economy, the lack of social protection is a challenge not only in their daily struggles to make ends meet but in their aspirations to obtain decent work, rights and dignity. For the societies in which they live, the lack of social protection coverage weakens social justice and undermines inclusive growth and the realization of human rights.

Policy resource package

Extending social security to workers in the informal economy. Information and awareness

15 March 2021

If workers and employers do not know what social protection schemes are available to them, what their rights and responsibilities are and how they can access such schemes, then social protection policies and programmes have little chance of succeeding. Limited access to information and awareness may significantly hinder the extension of social security.

Policy resource package

Extending social security to domestic workers

12 March 2021

Key lessons learned from international experience

Policy resource package

Extending social security to workers in the informal economy

12 March 2021

Key lessons learned from international experience

World Employment and Social Outlook 2021

The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work

23 February 2021

This ILO flagship report explores how the contemporary platform economy is transforming the way work is organized, and analyses the impact of digital labour platforms on enterprises, workers and society as a whole.

World Employment and Social Outlook 2021

The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work [Summary]

23 February 2021

This report examines how digital labour platforms are transforming the world of work and how that affects employers and workers. It focuses on two main types of digital labour platform: online web-based platforms, where tasks are performed online and remotely by workers, and location-based platforms, where tasks are performed at a specified physical location by individuals, such as taxi drivers and delivery workers.

Publication

Executive summary: Opportunities for extending social security coverage in Jordan

11 February 2021

The report aims to support Jordanian policymakers in the extension of social security to informal workers. It formulates typologies for informal workers outside the social security system, analyses the main constraints to coverage and outlines a range of policy approaches for the extension of coverage.

Publication

Opportunities for extending social security coverage in Jordan

11 February 2021

The report aims to support Jordanian policymakers in the extension of social security to informal workers. It formulates typologies for informal workers outside the social security system, analyses the main constraints to coverage and outlines a range of policy approaches for the extension of coverage.

Briefing note

Research brief 3: Social Security of Platform Workers in China: findings and recommendations from two studies (2018-2019)

04 February 2021