Discusses how to use franchising as a means of integrating the informal sector into mainstream economic life.

Presents a short history of the labour and the cooperative movements. Compares the situations of workers of the organized sector with that of the unorganized sector. Proposes a joint strategy to be undertaken by unions and cooperatives.

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on obstacles to and proposals for research methodology concerning the exploitation of child labour in the informal sector of developing countries - discusses research and theoretical problems relating to non-cooperation of employers and public administration, lack...

Reviews data on unrecorded remittance flows, identifies the determinants of remittance flows and analyses their uses. Explores policy measures to attract remittances and to influence their domestic uses, highlighting the role of microfinance in linking unrecorded remittances to development....

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

Analyses linkages between skills and productivity for improving existing work in the informal economy and for enabling the transition of informal activities to the formal economy. Examines issues and challenges related to skills and productivity in the context of the informal economy, presents a...

Explores the concept of workers' economic vulnerability, covering insecurity of income, employment and working conditions. Discusses vulnerability of workers by sector and by labour status and identifies susceptible groups (labour circulants, young workes and women).

Investigates the role of women workers in the manufacturing sector in general, and its sub-sectors in particular, from 1971 to 1991, especially in the light of technological development, globalization and employment flexibility.

Based on data obtained from a database on the informal sector created by the ILO's Bureau of Statistics in 1998 and updated in 2001.