Extending coverage: Social protection and the informal economy
Subtitle: Experiences and ideas from researchers and practitioners
Publisher: RNSF
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Language: eng
Format: Ebook
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9788890819988
Description: Available on: http://europa.eu/capacity4dev/iesf/wiki/8-rnsf-book-social-protection-informal-economy
Table of contents: title: Foreword VII; title: Preface IX; title: Acknowledgements XI; title: Contributors XIII; title: Introduction 1; title: I. Review of critical aspects 5; title: 1. The informal economy and social protection 5; title: 1.1 The informal economy; 1.2 Types of risk and related; title: social protection; 1.3 Approaches to ensuring social; title: protection; 1.4 Expanding social protection to informal; title: workers; title: 2. Social protection around the world 16; title: 2.1 A few statistics; 2.2 Inclusive policies: trends towards; title: formality; 2.3 Trend towards exclusion; 2.4 Actors and; title: services; title: II. Legal and institutional strengthening 45; title: 1. Legal frameworks for informal workers 45; title: 2. Why extend social protection to informal workers? 47; title: 3. Improving the design of social protection schemes 49; title: 3.1 Why no protection?; 3.2 How to include informal; title: workers; title: 4. Improving governance 59; title: 4.1 Problems in governance; 4.2 Ways to improve governance; title: 5. Financing 67; title: 5.1 Sources of funds; 5.2 Balancing inflows and outflows; title: 6. Law enforcement 75; title: 6.1 Reasons for non-compliance; 6.2 Improving enforcement; title: 7. Protection in emergencies 78; title: 7.1 Five stages in emergencies; title: 8. Key future directions 83; title: III. Improving access to social protection 89; title: 1. Problems with access 90; title: 2. Improving access 93; title: 3. Working with workers 97; title: 3.1 Five contact situations; 3.2 Organising workers;; title: 3.3 Communication techniques; title: 4. Working with employers 118; title: 4.1 Identifying employers; 4.2 Employers’ attitudes to social; title: protection; 4.3 Finding common interests; 4.4 Talking to; title: employers; title: 5. Working with marginalised people 127; title: 5.1 Vulnerability and exclusion; 5.2 Overcoming; title: marginalisation; title: 6. Key future directions 133; title: IV. Scope for community-based support 139; title: 1. Types of community-supported social protection 140; title: 2. Government and community-driven; title: social protection 142; title: 3. Government support for community-driven; title: social protection 144; title: 4. Weaknesses in community-based social; title: protection systems 145; title: 5. Strengthening community-driven social; title: protection schemes 149; title: 6. Child labour 155; title: 6.1 Social protection and child labour; title: 7. Key future directions 160; title: References 165; title: Participants’ profiles 179