Public and Workplace Services

Occupational and Environmental Health Risks Associated with Informal Sector Activities—Selected Case Studies from West Africa

Abstract: Most in the Economic Community of West African States region are employed in the informal sector. While the informal sector plays...

“Informality”: It’s Time to Stop Being Alice-in-Wonderland-ish

Unpublished manuscript

Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing

The vast informal sector in India affects everything from poverty to growth. This column presents new facts on how Indian job growth in manufacturing...

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)