Region: Asia & the Pacific

How the Cost-of-Living Crisis Hurts Workers in Informal Employment in Bangkok, Thailand

The cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Bangkok in many ways, including forcing their households to cut...

Shouldering the Burden: Impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Workers in Informal Employment in Bangkok, Thailand

The qualitative data collected in this Policy Brief show how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Bangkok....

COVID-19 Impacts on Employment in Mexico: A Statistical Snapshot of 2020-2023

The Impact of COVID-19 on Employment in India

COVID-19 and the steps taken by the Government to prevent its spread had significant adverse impacts on employment in India. This brief is...

Weekly Markets in Delhi: A market that comes to you (Map)

The weekly markets of Delhi have historically served a critical economic and cultural function. Moving markets that are set up in different...

Innovative Legislation in Australia Protects Homeworkers in the Garment and Footwear Sector

Key Points Outworkers in Australia’s Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) industry are known to be particularly vulnerable to exploitation...

I Will Not Auction My Back! Lessons from Maharashtra’s Welfare Boards in Financing Social Protection for Informal Workers

India’s welfare boards have existed for more than half a century and represent a unique approach to ensuring the sustainable and fair financing...

Waste Pickers and EPR in India

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) transfers the responsibility of waste management from municipal authorities to the producers of the...

111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)

• June 5, 2023 - June 16, 2023
• ILO Headquarters
  Geneva

111th Session of the International Labour Conference: A just transition towards sustainable and inclusive economies, and labour protection The...

Workers in Informal Employment in Peru: A Statistical Snapshot of 2019, 2020 and 2021

This flyer examines data on informal employment in Peru nationally in 2019, 2020 and 2021, with a focus on five groups of workers who are...