History, Debate and Theory

Work-Related Social Protection for Informal Workers

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Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Economy: Is formalization the only solution for business sustainability?

The existing marketing, strategy and economics literature have little to offer by way of recommendations to promote entrepreneurship in the...

Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections

This brief points to the inappropriate decoupling of social policy from employment objectives and outlines their intrinsic links. It argues...

Globalization and the Informal Economy: How Global Trade and Investment Impact on the Working Poor

This paper examines the impact of globalization on those who work in the informal economy, with a special emphasis on women workers and producers. ...

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...

Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies

Social Protection and The Labour Market: Towards a Research Agenda

Recycling Livelihoods – Integration of the Informal Recycling Sector in Solid Waste Management in India

Study prepared for GTZ’s sector project “Promotion of Concepts for Pro-Poor and Environmentally Friendly Closed-Loop Approaches in Solid...

Why Earn Less? Gender-based Factors Affecting the Earning of Self-Employed Women in Turkey

Pension Systems for the Informal Sector in Asia