Gender and the informal economy key challenges and policy response

Naoko. Otobe

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: This paper reviews concepts of gender and informal economy and the situation of informal employment of women and men, and highlights the key issues and documents on selected country experiences regarding vulnerable groups of workers, such as homeworkers, street vendors, waste pickers, as well as women entrepreneurs. It also presents the overall ILO approach to formalization of informal employment.

Keywords: informal economy; informal workers; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 p.) pages
Date: 2017
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