Social Protection and the Informal Economy: Linkages and Good Practices for Poverty Reduction and Empowerment *

Abstract

 Social protection should be seen as an investment in the human potential of poorer workers in the informal economy, and especially for poorer women. Social protection contributes to people being able to escape poverty.  Good practices of social protection and of empowerment through organization are drawn from member-based organizations of poorer women workers, in particular India‟s Self Employed Women‟s Association (SEWA), and the international alliance of street vendors, StreetNet International.  Donor organizations should ensure that their own economic and social policies and practices do not marginalize the informal economy and poorer informal women workers within it. Donor organizations have a constructive role to play in supporting links between organizations of informal workers, and in promoting dialogues with employers‟ organizations to demonstrate the productivity-lowering effects of poor employment practices.

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