Publications on informal economy

  1. PRODUCTIVITY

    TRENDS IN PRODUCTIVITY AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES. A comparative analysis of four emerging-market economies.

    17 November 2021

    This study undertaken by the Bureau for Employers' Activities of the ILO (ACT/EMP) is part of a research project to analyse the barriers to productivity growth, diversification and structural change in four selected emerging market economies Vietnam, Colombia, Turkey, and South Africa. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the design of coherent and comprehensive strategies, with a human-centred approach, to foster productivity and structural change, will be of utmost importance to accelerate the economic and employment recovery in the post-pandemic environment to build forward better.

  2. Informal economy

    Angola: Study on the migration from the informal for formal economy

    20 October 2021

    This report produced by the Bureaux for Employers’ Activities (ACT/EMP) of the ILO with the Angolan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIA) is seeking to contribute to design a strategy to enable the gradual transition from the informal to the formal economy in Angola

  3. Joint ILO / World Bank publication

    Pathways to formalization: Going beyond the formality dichotomy. The case of Peru

    15 August 2018

  4. Publication

    Thematic Policy Brief – Enterprise Formalization Introductory Brief

    20 October 2016

    Policies, Strategies and Practices for the Formalisation of Micro and Small Enterprises

  5. Publication

    Thematic Policy Brief – Enterprise Formalization Women

    20 October 2016

    Engaging Informal Women Entrepreneurs in East Africa: Approaches to Greater Formality

  6. Publication

    Thematic Policy Brief – Enterprise Formalization Finance

    20 October 2016

    Role of Finance in Driving Formalization of Informal Enterprises

  7. Publication

    Thematic Policy Brief – Enterprise Formalization MNEs

    20 October 2016

    Formalization of SMEs in supply chains in Latin America: what role for mulitnational enterprises?

  8. Publication

    Red Tape Assessment Product Description

    20 April 2016

  9. Publication

    Women’s Entrepreneurship Development

    01 March 2016

    The ILO approach to Women’s Entrepreneurship Development - Sustainable Enterprises

  10. Publication

    Mainstreaming environmental issues in sustainable enterprises: An exploration of issues, experiences and options

    21 January 2011

    Employment Working Paper No. 75