Public and Workplace Services

Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income

Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);...

Addressing the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Needs of Informal Workers: Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This case study illustrates the efforts of two membership-based organizations of market traders and street vendors in the Greater Accra Metropolitan...

Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA’s Community Health Workers

The following document describes the work of the SEWA’s community workers. This Workers’ Lives essay offers an intimate look at those...

Informal jobs and non-fatal occupational injuries

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...

Going Downmarket: Ghana’s Rural Banks Adapt informal Savings Methodology

Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion in the Dominican Republic

Background paper for ILO-IMF Tripartite Consultation on Job-rich and Inclusive Growth in the Dominican Republic.

Revisiting Labour Markets: Implications Implications for Macroeconomics and Social Protection

Introducing basic social protection in low income countries: Lessons from existing programmes

Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper, No. 6

Inside the Home, Outside the Law: Abuse of Child Domestic Workers in Morocco