Public and Workplace Services

Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve

This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...

Delinking and Rethinking Social Protection for Women in Informal Employment? Perspectives from Latin America

In the Latin America region, women in informal employment struggle to gain access to health, old-age pensions or maternity benefits, because...

Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in Tanzania

Abstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children...

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

Latin American capitalism: economic and social policy in transition

Employee and union inputs into occupational health and safety measures in Chinese factories

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Is precarious employment more damaging to women’s health than men’s?

Work-Related Social Protection for Informal Workers

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Social protection for women homeworkers: a case of healthcare services in Thailand