Protecting Migrant Workers in the Informal Economy- Inclusion of MW in COVID-19 Responses

In Sub-Saharan Africa, most people are employed in the informal economy. Even when agriculture is excluded, informality still dominates employment: 78.8 per cent in Central Africa, 76.6 per cent in Eastern Africa, and 87 per cent in Western Africa. Women are more likely to be working in the informal economy and, discounting South Africa, more than 90 per cent of women work in informal employment in Sub-Saharan Africa, as compared to 86.4 per cent of men (ILO, 2018)....