Theme: History, Debate and Theory

Work and Economic Security in the 21st Century: What Can We Learn From Ela Bhatt?

This paper is the result of research on SEWA including an interview with Ela Bhatt, conducted by Edward Webster, Professor Emeritus at the...

The Informal Economy

Social Protection as Development Policy: Asian Perspectives

Informal Workers in the Developing World: Organizing in the Global Economy New Labor Forum

The Efficiency of Informality: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Informal Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract: The dual challenges of increasing urbanization and consumption are centered in cities in the Global South, where growing waste...

Informality Revisited

Abstract: The paper draws on recent evidence––economic, sociological and anthropological––from Latin America to forward a view of the informal...

Website: ILO Social Protection Department

From the website (About the Social Protection Department): The objective of the Social Protection Department is the enhanced capacity of...

Proyecto de Recomendación Relativa a los Pisos Nacionales de Protección Social

La “Recomendación sobre los pisos de protección social (R 202)” fue aprobado en este momento con 453 votos a favor, 0 en contra,...

7/29, Session 6 – Tulaphan

Poonsap Tulaphan of HomeNet Thailand explains the organizations approach to and history of OHS in Thailand.

IDS-Centre for Social Protection

The Centre for Social Protection (CSP) supports a global network of partners working to mainstream social protection in development policy...