This publication serves as a companion to a publication jointly produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and WIEGO titled Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture, 2
Home-based workers produce goods or services for the market from within or around their own homes: stitching garments and weaving textiles; producing craft products; processing and preparing food item
We propose and implement a new technique for measuring the total magnitude of a growth episode: the change in output per capita resulting from one structural break in the trend growth of output (accel
Green growth requires green technologies: production techniques that economize on exhaustible resources and emit fewer greenhouse gases.
Income per capita in Uganda has doubled in the last 20 years. This remarkable performance has been buoyed by significant aid flows and large external imbalances.
It has long been known that countries only converge conditionally i.e. poor countries catch up with richer ones only if they adopt policies and institutions that are conducive to economic growth.
The requirements for vocational education and training measures for trainees, employees and employers in the informal economy are complex.
Large gaps in labor productivity between the traditional and modern parts of the economy are a fundamental reality of developing societies.
This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus on informal employment, and highlights the growing significance of four groups of urban informal workers: home-based workers, stre
Why do some countries grow and others do not?
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