In the non-agricultural sector, the share of informal employment for women was 83%, whereas for men it was 72%. In the agricultural sector, these shares increased to 94% for women and 89% for men.

Hundreds of thousands of people have become gig workers or joined the informal sector after unexpectedly losing their jobs or being forced to close their small businesses. CNN values your feedback 1.

Governments should harness the potential of informality as a bridge rather than a barrier to building economic resilience.Nigeria and South Africa are Africa's largest economies, and their future ...

KENYA: The informal sector is expected to create more job opportunities during the current financial year (2013/14). According to a report by the Parliamentary Budget Office the sector is poised ...

Beneath Indonesia’s low unemployment rate lies a quiet crisis of job quality, with millions trapped in informal, low-wage ...

Explore how artificial intelligence is transforming India's informal workforce, creating new job opportunities, and addressing the skills gap, while also highlighting challenges posed by automation ...

Growing informal sector signals lack in job creation. Most Indonesian workers are employed in the informal sector, and their number is growing, due primarily to labor informalization, experts warn.

After adding 11.7 million workers in the October 2022-September 2023 period from the pandemic lows in April 2021-March 2022, total workers employed in the vast informal sector in India - at 109.6 ...

Based on the challenges faced in taxing the informal sector, the writer recommends amendment of the modified taxation threshold from GHC 500,000 to GHC 200,000 and amendment of the VAT threshold ...

Proportion of Informal Employment in Total Employment (2023): 95.2% In Burkina Faso, the informal sector contributes 20% to the country’s total GDP. 70% of the economically active urban ...