News on informal economy

  1. BRICS Ministerial Meeting

    ILO Director-General’s intervention at the closing session of the BRICS Ministerial Meeting

    28 September 2016

  2. News

    ILO COOP NewsUpdate Issue No. 3

    06 September 2016

  3. © Romel Jacinto 2024

    Our impact, their voice

    Informal workers’ rights have a home in Costa Rica and El Salvador

    26 July 2016

    An ILO-supported project aims to counsel informal workers and establish institutional partnerships to create collective strategies to promote workers’ transition from the informal to the formal economy.

  4. Domestic work

    Labour informality affects almost 80 per cent of the 18 million domestic workers in Latin America

    11 July 2016

    A new ILO study highlights the urgency in continuing legislative reform to match domestic women workers’ rights with those of the rest of the workforce, as well as complementary implementation measures. 12 countries from this region have ratified the ILO Domestic Workers Convention nº189. Its application, nonetheless, is still a colossal challenge.

  5. Our impact, their voices

    Helping Syrian refugees formalize their work status through cooperatives

    26 June 2016

    The ILO is working with agricultural cooperatives to help Syrian refugees obtain work permits during a three-month grace period announced by the government of Jordan, in a further step to improve access of Syrian refugees to the formal labour market.

  6. News

    A First Step Toward Strengthening Domestic Workers’ Cooperatives in Trinidad and Tobago

    16 June 2016

  7. Our impact, their voice

    “Step out of the shadow!”: How cartoons support a campaign to formalize the Kyrgyz economy

    06 June 2016

    Last year, the International Labour Conference adopted the Recommendation concerning the transition from the informal to the formal economy (No.204). An innovative project in Kyrgyzstan shows how this transition can be facilitated in practice.

  8. Our impact, their voice

    Direct hiring opens up new horizons in Colombia’s palm oil sector

    05 May 2016

    Workers in Colombia’s palm oil agribusiness sector have reached agreements formalizing their jobs following complex tripartite negotiations. For José Guarín, this is a chance to make his dreams come true. For the ILO, while much remains to be done in the sector, this is a good beginning.

  9. © Salvatore Valastro 2024

    World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016

    Global unemployment projected to rise in both 2016 and 2017

    19 January 2016

    Despite falling unemployment levels in some developed economies, new ILO analysis - World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) - shows the global job crisis is not likely to end, especially in emerging economies.

  10. The informal economy

    ILO to aid Moldova’s transition to the formal economy

    14 January 2016

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) launches an awareness raising campaign on the informal economy and undeclared work in Moldova.