Ten Years After Recommendation 204, Workers in Informal Employment Continue Their Call for Rights-Based Formalization Read More
Working Papers Informal Work and the Social Function of the City: A Framework for Legal Reform in the Urban Environment The New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And... Read More Resource Documents Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana Read More Policy Briefs Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women.... Read More Statistical Briefs Statistics on Waste Pickers in Brazil In the current economic downturn, the job of waste picker has taken on new importance as an employment opportunity for those with limited... Read More Briefs Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa In 2014, 18 per cent of people employed in KwaZulu-Natal worked in an informal enterprise. In 2014/15, eThekwini’s budget was R38.8 billion... Read More Working Papers Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,... Read More Working Papers The Informal Economy: Definitions, Theories and Policies The paper proposes a comprehensive policy response to the informal economy with four main pillars: create more formal jobs; regulate informal... Read More Resource Documents Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Greater Monrovia Read More Policy Briefs Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections This brief points to the inappropriate decoupling of social policy from employment objectives and outlines their intrinsic links. It argues... Read More Statistical Briefs A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,... Read More First Prev ... 3 ... 12 13 14 ... 23 ... Next Last
Informal Work and the Social Function of the City: A Framework for Legal Reform in the Urban Environment The New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And... Read More
Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana Read More
Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women.... Read More
Statistics on Waste Pickers in Brazil In the current economic downturn, the job of waste picker has taken on new importance as an employment opportunity for those with limited... Read More
Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa In 2014, 18 per cent of people employed in KwaZulu-Natal worked in an informal enterprise. In 2014/15, eThekwini’s budget was R38.8 billion... Read More
Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,... Read More
The Informal Economy: Definitions, Theories and Policies The paper proposes a comprehensive policy response to the informal economy with four main pillars: create more formal jobs; regulate informal... Read More
Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections This brief points to the inappropriate decoupling of social policy from employment objectives and outlines their intrinsic links. It argues... Read More
A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,... Read More
