Publications on informal economy
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Promoting formal employment among youth: innovative experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean.
20 April 2015
Formalizing employment, particularly youth employment, continues to pose a challenge for the countries of the region. Currently, 13% of youth are unemployed and 55.7% are informally employed (ILO 2013 and ILO 2014). The challenge of enabling the new labour force to actively participate in the labour market is compounded by the additional challenge of guaranteeing that the new jobs meet decent work criteria.
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International Labour Review, Vol. 154 (2015), No. 1
Three scenarios for industrial relations in Europe
07 April 2015
The author outlines three scenarios for the future of industrial relations in Europe. The first – perhaps the most realistic – projects continuing erosion of national industrial relations systems and conditions of employment, in line with current trends. The second envisages that “elite reform” from above will succeed in re-engineering industrial relations and workers’ protection according to an ideal social policy agenda – an unlikely prospect given the overriding importance of financial considerations and globalized competition. The third scenario centres on a counter-movement from below which presents trade unions with the daunting challenge of mobilizing the discontented far beyond their traditional constituency.
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INWORK Policy Brief No. 6
Nothing more permanent than temporary? Understanding fixed-term contracts
27 March 2015
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Employment protection legislation: Summary indicators in the area of terminating regular contracts (individual dismissals)
27 March 2015
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Case studies on skills assessments in the informal economy conducted by small industry and community organizations
23 March 2015
Annex to Assessing skills in the informal economy: A resource guide for small industry and community organizations
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Microfinance for Decent Work – Enhancing the impact of microfinance: Evidence from an action research programme
16 February 2015
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Why should AIDS be part of the Africa Development Agenda?
04 February 2015
African leaders have the power to create a future of opportunity for their people by accelerating implementation of their commitment to ending AIDS in a new road map grounded in principles of social justice and inclusive growth.
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COOP news update
26 January 2015
This issue of the COOP News includes articles on various events, projects, trainings and meetings related to the work of the ILO's COOP Unit between September and December, 2014.
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Campinas 2014 Social and Solidarity Economy Reader: Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Development
16 December 2014
This Reader, was prepared for the fourth edition of the ILO’s Academy on the Social and Solidarity Economy which was held in Campinas, Brazil in July 2014, which offered Participants the opportunity to share SSE experiences from different parts of the world and learn about the contribution made by the SSE to inclusive and sustainable development.
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Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 55
Job quality in segmented labour markets: The Israeli case Country case study on labour market segmentation
01 December 2014