Gender and the Gig Economy: Critical steps for evidence-based policy
Resources - Author: Abigal Hunt, Emma Samman / Year: 2019
The gig economy – in which digital platforms link workers with the purchasers of their services – is growing globally. Yet there has been little research to date on its impacts in low- and middle-income countries or on gendered experiences of gig work. This lack of knowledge critically limits...
Read MoreFinancing the end of extreme poverty
Resources - Author: Emma Samman, Harsh Desai, Marcus Manuel, Martin Evans / Year: 2018
In 2015, leaders of all countries committed to “eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere” by 2030. In the past 25 years, the world has managed to halve the number of people living in extreme poverty. Yet despite this progress, at least 400 million people will still be living on...
Read MoreInformal is the New Normal: Improving the lives of workers at risk of being left behind
Resources - Author: Abigail Hunt, Elizabeth Stuart, Emma Samman / Year: 2018
The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has given a new urgency to efforts to confront deficits in employment. We take up the call to improve the working conditions of informal workers who face being left behind given that processes of formalisation are unlikely to incorporate them in...
Read MoreBetween Work and Care: Older women’s economic empowerment
Resources - Author: Abigail Hunt, Emma Samman, Fiona Samuels, Georgia Plank, Lucia Rost / Year: 2018
Women’s economic empowerment has gained increasing attention within the global development agenda in recent years, bolstered by the adoption of a range of relevant targets within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. Yet the specific experiences of older women often remain underexplored and unrecognised, leaving them invisible to...
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