Public and Workplace Services

Recommendation No. 204 concerning the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy

Text of the Recommendation adopted by the Conference at its 104th Session in Geneva, on 12 June 2015.

Informality and Social Protection: Theory and Realities

Homework in the Context of Globalization

Paper prepared for the workshop, “Towards Securer Lives – Social Protection for Home Based Workers in South Asia,”...

Help Wanted: Abuses Against Female Domestic Workers in Indonesia and Malaysia

Barriers to the Extension of Social Protection: Evidence from Asia

‘Good jobs’ and hidden costs: Women workers documenting the price of precarious employmentGender and Development

Summary:This article describes the precarious terms and conditions of employment experienced by millions of women working in global supply...

Occupational Injuries in Ghana

Decent Work Country Profile Tanzania (Mainland)

Health Insurance in India: The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

This policy brief explores the challenges faced by India’s poor workers in using the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), the largest...

Informal workers and the use of mobile technology and communications: Findings from key informant interviews

This is a report of a small study done to explore how mobile phones are being used, and might be better used, to improve the health of informal...