Publications on informal economy
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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.
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Policy resource package
Extending social security to domestic workers
12 March 2021
Key lessons learned from international experience
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Policy resource package
Extending social security to workers in the informal economy
12 March 2021
Key lessons learned from international experience
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Publication
Terms of Reference – Individual Consultants / Service Providers
11 March 2021
Review of National Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks, and Practice: A Baseline Study for Sudan
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ILO Working paper 25
Homeworking in the Philippines: Bad job ? Good job ?
09 March 2021
This report focuses on two categories of homeworkers in the Philippines: industrial homeworkers, who assemble or fabricate goods for factories, retailers or their agents under subcontracting arrangements; and online workers, who render services to their clients or employers via telecommunications technologies and digital platforms.
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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.
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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.
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WIEGO Statistic Brief no. 27
Home-based Workers in the World: A Statistical Profile
19 February 2021
Globally, 260 million women and men are employed in home-based work, including 35 million in developed countries.
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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.
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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.