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dc.titleInformal Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Causes, Consequences and Policy Recommendations
dc.contributor.authorFreije, Samuel
dc.contributor.orgunitSustainable Development Department
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.date.available2011-11-10T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2002-07-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThe expansion of the informal sector in the last decades has been accompanied by a lack of almost every form of social protection and low-productivity/low-wage employment. This report summarizes the characteristics of the informal sector and provides policy recommendations to tackle it. Section 2 illustrates the size and trend of the informal sector in the region. It also describes the employment and wage characteristics of informal workers. Sections 3 and 4 review the causes and consequences of informality. Finally, section five concludes and provides policy recommendations.
dc.format.extent66
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008407
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Informal-Employment-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-Causes-Consequences-and-Policy-Recommendations.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectLabor Policy
dc.subjectWorkforce and Employment
dc.subjectTraining and Development
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subject.keywordsinformal employment, informal sector, labor market rules and regulations and the informal sector
idb.identifier.pubnumberPolicy Briefs
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