Research Report
Innovative approaches to formalization in Asia and the Pacific: Background report to ILO Asia and the Pacific Tripartite Regional Knowledge Sharing Forum
This report showcases a wide range of innovations that are taking place across Asia and the Pacific to tackle informality, ranging from state-of-the-art use of technology to facilitate formalization, to community-based approaches to protect workers in the informal economy, and specific approaches to formalize vulnerable groups of workers, such as migrant workers and domestic workers.
Asia and the Pacific is home to around 1.3 billion informal workers, representing approximately 66 per cent of total employment in the region. There has been notable progress in the region towards formalization over the past two decades, during which time the share of informality in total employment fell 7 percentage points.
The report shares insights from a Tripartite Regional Knowledge Forum in Bangkok, Thailand held in November 2024 that brought together governments, social partners, experts and members from civil society from across the region to discuss lessons learned, share best practices and identify innovative approaches that can help to accelerate the transition to formality in line with Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204).
This report and related Forum are one in a series that have taken place under the auspices of the Priority Action Programs on Transition to Formality (AP/F) that was established in 2023 to address key policy challenges and opportunities in promoting social justice and decent work through addressing informality and supporting transition from the informal to the formal economy.
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- ISBN: 9789220419236 (web PDF)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.54394/XOSQ7112
Informality
ILO report spotlights innovative approaches to tackle informality in Asia and the Pacific