Provides a conceptual and normative framework for developing an appropriate policy response to some of the problems posed by the informal economy.

Analyzes trends in urbanization in Jakarta and details a number of policy initiatives aimed at supporting development and decent work in such areas as promotion of decent jobs, skills upgrading, and social protection.

Presents examples of successfully linking or integrating social protection and local development .

This paper explores the relationship between labour market institutions, social policy and inequality in Chile from the early 1990s to the late 2000s. The paper analyses levels and changes in poverty as well as wage and income inequality using household and employment survey data and draws some...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a literature survey on trends in relationships between fertility patterns, family social roles and labour policy - referring to an earlier ILO investigation (KC Doctor, "Employment and labour policies in relation to fertility patterns", 1972), reviews...