International Labour Conference 2026: What Does the New Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy Mean for Workers? Read More
May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Building movements in the informal economy: Lessons for advancing labour rights in the circular economy Read More
Social Dialogue for Social Protection: A Perspective from the Informal Economy in Southeast Asia Read More
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... Read More
Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Analyzing the Implementation of C189 in Latin America and the Caribbean This Resource Document examines the measures that 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries have taken towards implementing C189: Argentina,... Read More
Income floors: Understanding the different policy proposals The 2020 global pandemic catalyzed great interest in the potential of social protection to support incomes and livelihoods during times of... Read More
The Collection of Data on Waste Pickers in Colombia, 2012-2022 This brief describes the unprecedented census of waste pickers that took place in 2012 in Bogota, as mandated by rulings of the Constitutional... Read More
Efforts of Argentina’s Informal Waste Pickers to Finance Decent Work and Social Protection through Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation Based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, organizations of informal waste pickers in Argentina have drafted a law that... Read More
Pune Waste Pickers’ Innovative Efforts to Fund the Extension of Decent Work and Social Protection Taking inspiration from India’s long experience with welfare boards, which provide social protection for self-employed workers and are generally... Read More
Financing Universal Social Protection: The Relevance and Labour Market Impacts of Social Security Contributions This paper brings together existing evidence on the impact of social security contributions on labour markets, insights from public finance... Read More
Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America Waste pickers have won several legal actions in Latin America over the past two decades. This edition looks at the lessons learned. Read More
Did Mexico’s Seguro Popular Universal Health Coverage Programme Really Reduce Formal Jobs? This Working Paper uses the roll-out of Mexico’s Seguro Popular across municipalities to quantitatively assess its impact on private sector... Read More
Engendering informality statistics: gaps and opportunities: Working paper to support revision of the standards for statistics on informality Informality is a dynamic and multidimensional concern that demands gender-sensitive data. In 2018, globally, more than 60% of employment... Read More
