Vendredi, 2 Août 2024
Informal employment encompasses workers who are not effectively covered by formal arrangements, such as commercial laws, reporting procedures for economic activities, income taxation, labor legislation, or social security laws. This lack of coverage...
Mercredi, 24 Juin 2024
With the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approaching, significant strides have been made, yet considerable work remains to be done. Multilateral cooperation stands as the linchpin for accelerating progress towards these...
Lundi, 1 Juin 2024
New amendments to the Social Insurance Law bring strong positive contributions to social insurance coverage and adequacy in Viet Nam. Pension integration, extended legal coverage and lump sum withdrawals are some of the key issues tackled by the Law...
Mercredi, 20 Mars 2024
Evidence from Mauritius shows the consequences of losing a formal job in a labour market characterised by high rates of informal employment are significant. Unemployment benefits help mitigate these effects, while generating only small disincentive...
Mercredi, 28 Frévrier 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the gaps in the social safety net and showed how most of the world’s workers – the 2 billion working in the informal economy – are being left behind. As the crisis evolved, many governments developed registries of workers...
Lundi, 23 Octobre 2023
The extension of social protection to all workers, including those in the informal economy, is crucial to creating better quality employment. For this to happen, it is essential that financing for social protection is increased. A new scheme for...
Mercredi, 8 Frévrier 2023
Workers in the informal economy do not usually benefit from social protection because they - or their employers - do not contribute to any scheme or fund. It is no surprise, then, that extending social protection has become central to strategies of...
Mardi, 17 Janvier 2023
The informal business sector is a source of livelihood for millions of people around the world. Despite its size and importance, business-level data that provide an in-depth understanding and cross-country analysis of the sector are lacking. To fill this...
Mardi, 10 Janvier 2023
osovo has been coping with the diverse ramifications of the pandemic since March 2020. The impact of COVID-19 on poverty in Kosovo has been intense, as the pandemic is still affecting businesses, households, people’s everyday lives and their physical and...
Mardi, 8 Novembre 2022
Improving the social protection of atypical workers has been high on the European agenda in recent years. With the European Pillar of Social Rights of 2017, the European Union sought to break away from a decade of austerity and strict economic monitoring...
