Informal Economy Podcast: Social Protection
WiegoGlobally, 2 billion people work in the informal economy. This means that 61% of workers rely on work that offers little pay and few protections. Women informal workers, such as domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers are at the base of the economic pyramid with the highest risk of poverty. Public policies and social protection schemes often do not consider these work... more
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 53 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Government | |||
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In this episode, we resume the building block of our social protection solar system on the topic of delivery and provision of social protection. In this second episode of the series, we will turn to India, to understand how informal workers organizat... more
In this episode we take a pause from the discussion around delivery and provision of social protection benefits and take a fresh look at the challenges to finance social protection in a time of very deep transformations in the world of work. Among th... more
In this episode, we start a new building block of our social protection solar system with the first part of the topic on delivery and provision of social protection. We will be looking at the innovations in the delivery of services and cash grants, f... more
In the fourth and last episode of the governance building block we dive into the discussion of social dialogue and social protection for informal workers. But what does social dialogue actually mean? How can in be used as a tool to improve social pro... more
In the third episode of the governance building block we move on to the discussion of legal frameworks and social protection. How can legal provisions of participation, access to information, transparency and equality be leveraged to include those wo... more
In the second episode of the governance building block we continue to discuss the issues surrounding digitization and social protection. This time, we take a political economy perspective to understand the interests, ideas, actors and policy implicat... more
In this episode, we start a new building block of our social protection solar system with the first episode on the topic of governance. We have invited two guests to lay the groundwork for this block, to help us understand social protection governanc... more
In the third episode of the registration block we travel to Latin America to take a regional overview of this issue regarding domestic workers. To learn the challenges these workers face to be registered, the positive experiences, as well as the oppo... more
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- Informative and engaging podcast
Well-done podcast on informal workers and social protection. As someone working in this space, I admire the perspectives presented here. Appreciate learning about different views around the globe from a variety of experts on what works in this space. Well moderated.
Apple Podcasts5zebra525
United States4 years ago - Very informative and engaging!
Interesting and knowledgable speakers, highlighting key social justice issues surrounding informality.
Apple Podcasts5Emmy Noklebye
Norway5 years ago
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