Copyright -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- How to use this Policy Resource Guide -- Overview of the Contents of the Guide -- Acronyms -- Decent Work and the Informal Economy -- 1.1 THE INFORMAL ECONOMY AND DECENT WORK: KEY CONCEPTUAL ISSUES -- KEY CHALLENGES -- RESOURCES -- Measurement of the Informal Economy -- 2.1 MEASURING THE INFORMAL ECONOMY: ADDRESSING STATISTICAL CHALLENGES -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- Growth Strategies and Quality Employment Generation -- 3.1 PATTERNS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY: FINDING THE POLICY MIX TO CURB INFORMALITY -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- The Regulatory Framework and the Informal Economy -- 4.a1 THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND THE INFORMALECONOMY : SETTING A SOCIAL FLOOR FOR ALL WHO WORK -- KEY CHALLENGES -- RESOURCES -- 4.a2 BRINGING THE UNPROTECTED UNDER THE LAW -- KEY CHALLENGES -- RESOURCES -- 4.a3 UNDERSTANDING THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPAND ITS IMPACT ON INFORMALITY -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- Specific Groups -- 4.b1 DOMESTIC WORKERS:STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING POOR REGULATION -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 4.b2 HOMEWORKERS: REDUCING VULNERABILITIES THROUGHEXTENDING AND APPLYING THE LAW -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 4.b3 STREET VENDORS: INNOVATIONS IN REGULATORY SUPPORT -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 4.b4 MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES (MSES), INFORMALITY AND LABOUR LAW: REDUCING GAPS IN PROTECTION -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 4.b5 STRATEGIES FOR TRANSFORMING UNDECLARED WORKINTO REGULATED WORK -- KEY CHALLENGES.

EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 4.c1 LABOUR ADMINISTRATION : OVERCOMING CHALLENGES IN REACHING THE INFORMAL ECONOMY -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 4.c2 LABOUR INSPECTION AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY: INNOVATIONS IN OUTREACH -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- Organization, Representationand Dialogue -- 5.1 SOCIAL DIALOGUE: PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCEIN POLICY MAKING ON THE INFORMAL ECONOMY -- KEY ISSUES -- RESOURCES -- 5.2 THE ROLE OF EMPLOYERS' ORGANIZATIONSAND SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 5.3 TRADE UNIONS: REACHING THE MARGINALISED AND EXCLUDED -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 5.4 COOPERATIVES:A STEPPING STONE OUT OF INFORMALITY -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- Promoting Equality and Addressing Discrimination -- 6.1 PROMOTING WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT:A GENDERED PATHWAY OUT OF INFORMALITY -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 6.2 MIGRANT WORKERS: POLICY FRAMEWORKS FOR REGULATED AND FORMAL MIGRATION -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 6.3 DISABILITY: INCLUSIVE APPROACHES FOR PRODUCTIVE WORK -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- Entrepreneurship, Skills Development, Finance -- 7.1 INFORMAL ENTERPRISES: POLICY SUPPORTS FOR ENCOURAGING FORMALIZATION AND UPGRADING -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 7.2 ENHANCING SKILLS AND EMPLOYABILITY:FACILITATING ACCESS TO THE FORMAL ECONOMY -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 7.3 MICROFINANCE AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY: TARGETED STRATEGIES TO MOVE OUT OF INFORMALITY.

KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- Extension of Social Protection -- 8.1 EXTENDING SOCIAL SECURITY COVERAGETO THE INFORMAL ECONOMY -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 8.2 HIV/AIDS AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY:OVERCOMING DISCRIMINATION AND EXCLUSION -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 8.3 EXTENDING MATERNITY PROTECTION TO THE INFORMAL ECONOMY -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- 8.4 CHILDCARE: AN ESSENTIAL SUPPORT FOR BETTER INCOMES -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- Local Development Strategies -- 9.1 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTEGRATED SUPPORTS FOR MOVING OUT OF INFORMALITY -- KEY CHALLENGES -- EMERGING APPROACHES AND GOOD PRACTICES -- RESOURCES -- Tools -- References.