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Where we are with our SDGs: Between data and target
Academia 2 years ago

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Where we are with our SDGs: Between data and target

Coordination, synchronization and consolidation across institutions, particularly their data, are vital to overcoming the obstacles to achieving Indonesia's SDGs.
Growing informal sector signals lack in job creation
Economy 2 years ago

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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.
Stepping out of the long shadow of the economy
Academia 3 years ago

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Stepping out of the long shadow of the economy

As women tend to work with limited capacity, skills or funding, they stand a little chance of advancing in their careers or business. 
Informal workers, jobs and digital platform potentials
Academia 4 years ago

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Informal workers, jobs and digital platform potentials

A study on the increased use of digital labor platforms among informal workers during the pandemic indicates the need for policy development and improvement to accommodate this growing subsector.
Time to take care of the unpaid work care
Academia 4 years ago

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Time to take care of the unpaid work care

Research has shown that the gender gap in unpaid care work has adverse effects on economic growth and development because of its link to low female labor force participation (FLFP), the gender pay gap and domination of women workers in the informal sector.
Informal employment remains stubbornly high despite slight improvement
Economy 4 years ago

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Informal employment remains stubbornly high despite slight improvement

While the proportion dropped slightly in August, informal arrangements still account for 59.45 percent of overall employment, which means most workers lack social security and decent pay.
Achieving safe, orderly, and regular migration in Asia-Pacific
Opinion 5 years ago

Achieving safe, orderly, and regular migration in Asia-Pacific

Migrants have played a critical role as essential workers, particularly in the health sector, food supply, and the formal and informal care economy, in the region and beyond. 
Economic heroes in time of coronavirus
Opinion 6 years ago

Economic heroes in time of coronavirus

This pandemic is a nightmare for all, but it’s especially hard for those of the undocumented economy. They face difficult choices that most of us will never encounter in our lives.
Civil groups work to help low-income citizens weather COVID-19 hardship
National 6 years ago

Civil groups work to help low-income citizens weather COVID-19 hardship

Informal street vendors, factory workers and the urban poor community are particularly vulnerable to the direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
FWD Life launches affordable health insurance for informal workers
Business 7 years ago

FWD Life launches affordable health insurance for informal workers

Joint venture insurance firm PT FWD Life Indonesia has launched sharia-based health insurance that targets informal workers that earn an irregular income.
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