Employment & VET

Creation of jobs and decent work together with extending coverage of social protection, vocational training provision and skills development in both formal sector and informal economy are essential for inclusive growth. Here we want to raise awareness and knowledge on the important role of employment, VET and social protection as key elements in the EU's development policy.

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Decent work - Disability & employment - Elderly employment - Employment policy - Monitoring labour markets - Vocational training - Youth employment

4.1.4 Approaches of some donors and organisations

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As mentioned above, the reinforced focus on the informal economy in early 2000s brought new initiatives in the field that were reflected by new programmatic approaches by several major donors. Some of them started to treat the informal economy as a cross-cutting issue and eventually attempted to...

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4.1 Overview of approaches to the Informal Economy

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As discussed in detail in RNSF, ARS Progetti, Volume 2.1, the approaches to the informal economy are inspired by more than 40 years of research that analysed the concepts of informality with varying degree of success. From a historical perspective, the most influential schools of thought started by...

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4.1.3 Explicit versus implicit focus on the informal economy

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Implicit focus on the Informal Economy Many policies and measures that affect the informal economy are not primarily designed to focus on the informal economy per se . Their effects are often implicit and can be understood as positive or negative externalities of the policy measures rather than...

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4.1.2 Empirical versus normative approaches to the informal economy

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As was discussed above, the phenomenon of informal economy has been intensively researched by academics since 1970’s, when several influential authors, such as Arthur Lewis (1954), assumed that the informal sector would gradually disappear with the increasing level of development. However, as the...

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4.1.1 Context descriptors

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A basic question that needs to be answered when designing the policies tackling the informal economy is the character of relationships between the informal economy on one side and other national social and economic characteristics on the other side. Furthermore, if any significant relationship is...

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INTRODUCTION: summary of most signifcant policy debates

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The size and growth of the informal economy as currently defined in terms of employment and contribution to GDP are too important to remain left to their spontaneous development all the more so as the characteristics of the related jobs are far from what could be expected from a rights-based...

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4. Policies and approaches to tackle the Informal Economy

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The present section 4 is focused on the review of policies designed to tackle the informal economy with special reference to major actors in the field (governments, international organisations and donors). The section 4.1 analyses the relationship between the informal economy and a number of...

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3.4.11. GOOD PRACTICES - Strengthening IE with attention to: Migrants, Refugees, Trafficked persons

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3.4.11. GOOD PRACTICES - Strengthening IE with attention to: Migrants, Refugees, Trafficked persons Government recognition of the invisible workforce of women waste pickers - ACTION AID INDIA Youth Savings culture and entrepreneurial acumen - AJPRODHO JIJUKIRWA, RWANDA Investing in Maasai women for...

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3.4.9 GOOD PRACTICES - Strengthening IE with attention to people with disabilities

Alessio Lupi updated the WIKI page | 24 October 2018

3.4.9 GOOD PRACTICES - Strengthening IE with attention to people with disabilities Government recognition of the invisible workforce of women waste pickers - ACTION AID INDIA Youth Savings culture and entrepreneurial acumen - AJPRODHO JIJUKIRWA, RWANDA Investing in Maasai women for improving rural...

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3.4.8 GOOD PRACTICES -Strengthening IE with attention to people affected by HIV

Alessio Lupi updated the WIKI page | 24 October 2018

3.4.8 GOOD PRACTICES -Strengthening IE with attention to people affected by HIV Government recognition of the invisible workforce of women waste pickers - ACTION AID INDIA Youth Savings culture and entrepreneurial acumen - AJPRODHO JIJUKIRWA, RWANDA Investing in Maasai women for improving rural...

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