In 2002 the International Labour Organization issued a report titled Decent work and the informal economy in which it stressed the need to ensure appropriate employment and income, rights at work, and effective social protection in informal economic activities. Such a call by the ILO is urgent in the context of countries such as India, where the majority of workers are engaged in informal economic activities, and where expansion of informal economic activities is coupled with deteriorating working conditions and living standards.
This book explores the informal economic activity of...
In 2002 the International Labour Organization issued a report titled Decent work and the informal economy in which it stressed the need to ensure a...
The global financial crisis and subsequent increase in social inequality has led in many cases to a redrawing of the boundaries between formal and informal work. This interdisciplinary volume explores the role of informal work in today s global economy, presenting economic, legal, sociological, historical, anthropological, political and cultural perspectives on the topic.
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Workers and the Global Informal Economy "explores varying definitions of informality in the backdrop of neo-liberal market logic, exploring how it manifests itself in different regions around the world, and its...
The global financial crisis and subsequent increase in social inequality has led in many cases to a redrawing of the boundaries between formal and ...
