Public and Workplace Services

Minor Psychiatric Disorders Among Brazilian Ragpickers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Always on Call: Abuse and Exploitation of Child Domestic Workers in Indonesia

Social Protection for Informal Workers: Insecurities, Instruments and Institutional Mechanisms

Epidemiological Surveillance of Informal Worker’s Health in Two Cities in Southeastern Brazil

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The effects of outsourcing on occupational health and safety: A comparative study of factory-based workers and outworkers in the Australian clothing industry

Informal jobs and non-fatal occupational injuriesAnnals of Occupational Hygiene

Objectives: In Brazil, workers without a formal job contract represent approximately half of the labor force but there are no official statistics...

Labour Standards and Poverty Reduction

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...

The Impact of Health Insurance Schemes for the Informal Sector in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Policy Research Working Paper 6324 from the World Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper Series.

Experiencias y estrategias de protección social desde organizaciones de Trabajadores/as informales urbanos en México: los casos de la ciudad de México, Mérida y Monterrey

Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina