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Local governance and the informal economy: Experiences in promoting decent work in the Philippines This report, “Local Governance and the Informal Economy: Experiences in Promoting Decent Work in the Philippines,” illustrates how economic development can be promoted in local jurisdictions and presents a number of strategies carried out in the Philippines. It particularly shows how the powers and functions of local governments are used to advance decent work, especially in extending formal mechanisms of recognition and protection to workers in the informal economy.
The Informal Economy and Decent Work: A Policy Resource Guide supporting transitions to formality This practical Policy Resource Guide is the first initiative to bring together a synthesis of knowledge, policy innovations and good practices facilitating transition to formality.
MANAGING INFORMALITY: Local government practices and approaches towards the informal economy This report presents six learning examples from Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania on how local governments are engaging with the informal economy in different ways, using different approaches and methods. Although not every initiative is a success story right from the beginning, the presented case studies clearly illustrate that municipalities and city councils across the continent have started to recognise the importance of the informal economy and that its negation is often impeding economic growth and sustainable livelihoods. Both successful and less successful initiatives provide valuable lessons for local governments across the continent dealing with the informal economy.
Up-scaling Local Economic Development: Lessons from the Ghana Decent Work Programme How can we maximize the institutional and policy impacts of Local Economic Development (LED) projects? The lessons learned from the LED component of the Ghana Decent Work Programme (GDWP) show that LED can have sustainable impact at local and national levels alike. This case studies analyzes the institutional and policy impacts of a local economic development strategy and its success factors.
L’importance du secteur informel pour le développement économique local en Afrique Le secteur informel en Afrique sub-saharienne est accusé de toutes les tares allant de l’évasion fiscale à la sorcellerie, alors qu’il contribue énormément au développement des économies de cette partie du monde. Des études indiquent que ce secteur représente 55% du PIB et offre un taux hallucinant de 77% d’emplois non agricoles. Compte tenu de la contribu-tion significative du secteur informel au Produit Intérieur Brut, et au développement de l’emploi en Afrique, le Développement Economique Local ne peut atteindre ses objectifs que si le potentiel et les besoins de ce secteur sont effectivement pris en compte. Ce bref article tend à démontrer qu’il existe une relation à deux volets dans laquelle le secteur informel est d’une importance capitale pour la réussite des stratégies du Développement Economique Local ; en même temps le processus DEL offre une grande opportunité en vue de l’amélioration de la performance de ce secteur en Afrique. Par conséquent, il est important lors de la mise en œuvre des stratégies du DEL et de l’évaluation des économies africaines, de considérer les besoins et le potentiel de ce secteur comme des priorités. Ainsi les obstacles au développement de ce secteur peuvent être identifiés et résolus en vue de l’amélioration de sa capacité à générer des emplois et à accroitre les revenus dans les régions pauvres.
Resource Guide on the Informal Economy "The term 'informal economy' refers to all economic activities by workers and economic units that are – in law or in practice – not covered or insufficiently covered by formal arrangements. Their activities are not included in the law, which means that they are operating outside the formal reach of the law; or they are not covered in practice, which means that – although they are operating within the formal reach of the law, the law is not applied or not enforced; or the law discourages compliance because it is inappropriate, burdensome, or imposes excessive costs."
De la casa a la formalidad. Experiencias de la Ley de Microempresas Familiares en Chile. Este libro analiza los contenidos de la Ley de microempresas familiares en Chile y sus potencialidades para disminuir la informalidad en que operan muchas de estas. Revisa los mecanismos institucionales para la puesta en marcha de la Ley y los efectos que ha logrado en el desarrollo de las microempresas familiares. Reflexiona sobre el nuevo entorno de política pública hacia el sector de la micro y pequeña empresa y la importancia de contar con regulaciones apropiadas. A través de estudios de casos sobre el proceso de aplicación de la Ley en tres regiones, la publicación analiza el papel de los municipios y otros actores públicos, así como de las organizaciones gremiales y otros actores locales. Las investigaciones realizadas en terreno muestran, además, el tipo de microempresa que ha logrado mayor beneficio a través de la formalización y los impactos que este tipo de instrumento puede tener en beneficio de una mayor equidad socioeconómica y de género.
WIEGO- Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a global action-research-policy network that seeks to improve the status of the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy.
Education and the Structure of Informal Firms in Latin America recent survey of unregistered or informal firms in Argentina and Peru shows that about 74 percent of the owners have a secondary or higher education. This note compares firms by the education level of the owners to assess how education affects the structure, conduct and performance of informal firms. The results show a limited impact of education. Firm-efficiency as measured by sales per worker rises sharply with the level of education of the owner and the same holds for firm-size as measured by monthly sales or employment. Firms with relatively more educated owners are more likely to use external sources of finance, cell phones and in some cases show greater inclination to register, work on contract basis and maintain business accounts separate from household accounts. However, in other dimensions—such as the use of machinery and vehicles— there is no significant difference between firms by the education level of the owner of the firm
Manual de elaboración de proyectos El manual brinda orientaciones prácticas para que las cooperativas y otros tipos de organizaciones de autoayuda formulen propuestas de proyectos que sean viables desde los puntos de vista econó-mico, social, político y ambiental. Comprende todos los pasos de la elaboración de un proyecto: desde la identificación del problema principal a ser abordado, a la planificación de la ejecución del pro-yecto, el seguimiento y la evaluación.
Project Design Manual The manual provides cooperatives and other types of self-help organizations with practical guidance to formulate project proposals that are economically, socially, politically and environmentally viable.
Labour oriented participation in municipalities: How decentralized social dialogue can benefit the urban economy and its sectors With the continuous trend towards decentralization, a growing number of local authorities and/or other urban actors have engaged in labour-related participation. Yet, there is a need to analyse what has been done, to contrast the labour-related experiences with participatory experiences in other fields (sanitation, housing, etc.) as well as to analyse the value-added of a labour-related approach. These are issues addressed by this paper.
The Blue Sweater Story The Blue Sweater is the inspiring memoir by Jacqueline Novogratz, Acumen Fund's founder and CEO, who has spent her life on a quest to understand global poverty and to find powerful new ways of tackling it.
Enterprise for Pro-poor growth project Manuals, documents, reports from an LED project in Sri Lanka.
IFAD's Knowledgebase on Rural Poverty A useful collection of insight documents, initiatives, reports, case studies and news on a rich selection of topics related to rural poverty. Material ranges from climate change to rural finance, desertification, land issues and trade liberalisation, and is tackled from the perspective of a variety of sectors and actors (gender, indigenous peoples...) of the rural economy.
Simpliciación de tramites al nivel local Entrevista sobre un enfoque participativo de simplificación de trámites para empresas al nivel municipal en Peru. Experiencias del proyecto tramifacil de la Corporación Financiera Internacional (IFC) del Banco Mundial.
Strategies of city-to-city co-operation for economic revitalization "STRATEGIES OF CITY-TO-CITY-CO-OPERATION FOR ECONOMIC REVITALISATION", Seville, Spain 1 -3 April 2009 in collaboration with the ILO (International Labour Organisation). How to measure and improve the economic impact of city collaboration versus city competition. International Seminar addressed only to local government decision makers. Now opened for submission of experiences to present during the seminar. Contact us for more information, selected cities will be granted with travel and accommodation. Sponsored by the Seville Local Development Agency (Sevilla Global). "ESTRATEGIAS DE COOPERACIÓN ENTRE CIUDADES PARA LA REVITALIZACIÓN ECONÓMICA", Sevilla, España 1 - 3 Abril 2009, en colaboración con la OIT (Organización Internacional del Trabajo) destinado a mejorar y medir el impacto económico de la cooperación entre gobiernos locales. Seminario Internacional dirigido únicamente a miembros de gobiernos locales. Abierto el periodo de inscripciones y selección de experiencias. Financiado por Sevilla Global, Agencia de Desarrollo Local del Ayuntamiento de Sevilla. Las ciudades elegidas dispondrán de una beca de viaje y alojamiento.
The six thematic Working Groups On the first day the Inter-agency Conference on LED, 22 to 24 October 2008, Turin, discussion around LED kicked off with six theme-specific working groups, involving each participant in a group of choice. The selection of topics was aimed at exploring goverance aspects of LED processes, their economic outcomes and their application to a varied field of socio-economic development practices, ranging from Indigenous People's rights to Value Chains upgrading to Public-Private Dialogue, etc.
South African LED Network The South African LED Network is an association for Local Economic Development in South Africa. The South African LED Network has more than 250 members drawn from local, provincial and national government officials consultants, facilitators and other organizations working on the development of local economies
Let's organize! A SYNDICOOP handbook for trade unions and cooperatives about organizing workers in the informal economy This SYNDICOOP Handbook is designed to help replicate the approach by serving as a resource for trade union and cooperative organizers and trainers. It was finalized by members of the International Steering Committee of the SYNDICOOP Programme, mainly comprising representatives from the ICFTU, ICA and ILO together with National Steering Committee members from all four programme countries as well as project staff.
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