Public and Workplace Services

Global Wage Report 2012/13 Wages and equitable growth

This Report presents data on wage trends around the world and compares them with trends in labor production, analyzing the effects on the...

Participatory Policy Making: Lessons from Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme

This policy brief draws out lessons from the Thai health reform process which are relevant to both policy makers and organizations of informal...

Trabajadores en empleo informal: acceso a servicios de salud y posible acceso a la seguridad social

Este estudio cualitativo que reúne los hallazgos de una investigación sobre el acceso a servicios de salud y posible acceso a seguridad social...

New Solutions Journal Special Issue: Health and Safety for Informal Workers

Hierarchies of care work in South Africa: nurses, social workers and home-based care workers

This article by Francie Lund, who led WIEGO’s Social Protection Programme from 2000-2016, is chapter 21 (page 465-79) of the volume. ...

Extender la protección social a los trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal

Extender la protección social a quienes trabajan en empleo informal, en su mayoría excluidos de cualquier protección social, se ha vuelto...

The Pitfalls of Home: Protecting the Health and Safety of Paid Domestics

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...

“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Unpublished manuscript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...