Publications on informal economy

  1. Publication

    Trainer's Guide: Formalize Your Business in the Gambia

    18 January 2022

  2. Publication

    Learner’s Handbook: Formalize Your Business in the Gambia

    18 January 2022

  3. 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.

  4. Publication

    Improved working conditions, productivity and income for formalized women tanners

    26 October 2021

    This document is part of a series of case studies by the Enterprises Department of the ILO. Each case study presents one or several approaches that contribute to enterprise formalization across the world.

  5. Publication

    Certification and access to markets as an incentive to formalize

    26 October 2021

    This document is part of a series of case studies by the Enterprises Department of the ILO. Each case study presents one or several approaches that contribute to enterprise formalization across the world.

  6. Publication

    Promoting business linkages with small enterprises as an incentive to formalize

    26 October 2021

    This document is part of a series of case studies by the Enterprises Department of the ILO. Each case study presents one or several approaches that contribute to enterprise formalization across the world.

  7. Publication

    Progressive access to finance and support to encourage enterprise formalization: Experiences from Egypt and Chile

    05 October 2021

    This document is part of a series of case studies by the Enterprises Department of the ILO. Each case study presents one or several approaches that contribute to enterprise formalization across the world.

  8. Briefing note

    Theory of Change: Enterprise formalization for decent work

    23 September 2021

  9. Publication

    The Informal Economy in Kenya

    20 September 2021

  10. Training Policy Brief

    How to reduce undeclared work in the Republic of Croatia?

    23 June 2021

    Undeclared work is not a foreign phenomenon in the Republic of Croatia. Various reasons lead to its appearance. It has negative consequences for the entire community. On the one hand, employers face cases of unfair competition, workers suffer from insecurity in terms of social dimensions, while the state is deprived of a part of the income, the investment of which would bring numerous welcome benefits to society. Undeclared work leads to the creation of a practice of tax evasion, noncompliance with regulations governing labor relations, especially the protection of workers, which in this case is violated. Over time the question arises as what measures are sufficiently effective for combatting undeclared work.