Labour and social justice: a majority working in the shadows: a six-country opinion survey on informal labour in sub-Saharan Africa

Christoph Strupat; Jürgen Schwettmann; Henrik Maihack; Rudolf Traub-Merz; Manfred Öhm; Julia Leininger; Michael Frosch; Florence Bonnet; Abel Oyuke; Armin Schiller von; Richard Houessou

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Labour and social justice: a majority working in the shadows: a six-country opinion survey on informal labour in sub-Saharan Africa

Christoph Strupat, Jürgen Schwettmann, Henrik Maihack, Rudolf Traub-Merz, Manfred Öhm, Julia Leininger, Michael Frosch, Florence Bonnet, Abel Oyuke, Armin Schiller von, …

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

2022

Abstract

informal employment

informal economy

social protection

health insurance

COVID-19

survey

Africa south of Sahara

Most workers in sub-Saharan Africa are informally employed, which often leaves them without access to health care and social protection. Because of the insufficient access to social protection and health services among the informally employed, they have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic. The surveys reveal that pandemic-related income poverty is a key concern of informal labour.

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Title: Labour and social justice; a majority working in the shadows: a six-country opinion survey on informal labour in sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: Christoph Strupat (Author)
Jürgen Schwettmann (Author)
Henrik Maihack
Rudolf Traub-Merz (Editor)
Manfred Öhm
Julia Leininger
Michael Frosch (Author)
Florence Bonnet
Abel Oyuke (Author)
Armin Schiller von (Author)
Richard Houessou (Author)
Contributors: International Labour Organization,
German Institute of Development and Sustainability,
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Publisher: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung; Bonn
Date published: 2022
Number of pages: 82 p.
Language: English
Asset Type: report
Record Identifier: 995265392202676
Table of contents: Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Use of medical care: how people in informal employment rate access to health services -- 3. Financial risk protection - how do the informally employed pay for medical treatment? -- 4. Health insurance coverage and non-coverage -- 5. Economic effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the informal economy: who has fallen into poverty? -- 6. Trust in institutions and perceptions of the tax system among informally employed people -- 7. Is the informal economy in sub-saharan Africa organized? And if so, how? -- 8. Organizing in the informal economy - the interest of informal labour in trade unions -- 9. Technical notes on the survey.