Kunal Sen delivers Valedictory address at the 63rd annual ISLE conference

The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) hosts its 63rd Annual Conference in Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 1–3 March 2023.

On day three (3 March) of the conference, UNU-WIDER Director, Kunal Sen delivers the Valedictory address on Informal employment in the Global South.

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Informality is an ubiquitous feature of labour markets in developing countries. What are the patterns of informality in the Global South? How should we understand the nature of informality in developing countries, and what are its drivers? In this address, I will draw from the research undertaken by UNU-WIDER to show that informality is extremely heterogenous across and within countries and regions, and that policies may be needed to target different segments of the informal labour market in developing countries.