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SOURCES AND NOTES

1. See http://www.acgih.org or http://www.aiha.org and follow links to AIHce 2006 conference.

2. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_economy: “Informal employment makes up 48% of non-agricultural employment in North Africa, 51% in Latin America, 65% in Asia, and 72% in sub-Saharan Africa. If agricultural employment is included, the percentages rise in some countries like India and many sub-Saharan African countries beyond 90%.” See also http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PapersLinks/informal_economy.pdf for a discussion of the size and measurement of the informal economy in 110 countries around the world [Accessed June 2006].

3. For definitions of microfinance see http://youthink.worldbank.org/glossary.php or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfinance [Accessed June 2006].

4. For example, see Rene Loewenson's excellent survey: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/papers/infzimb/index.htm [Accessed June 2006].

5. R. Rinehart: Designing Programmes to Improve Working and Employment Conditions in the Informal Economy: A Literature Review (2004), International Labor Organization, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 10. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/publ/10cwe.htm [Accessed June 2006].

6. Mission Report: Vietnam. 4–7 July 2001, Hanoi; 13–21 October 2001, CanTho; 4–7 November 2001, Hanoi; and 5–9 December 2001, Ho Chi Minh City and CanTho. Tsuyoshi Kawakami, Specialist on Occupational Safety and Health, ILO/EASMAT.

7. Trade Unions in the Informal Sector: Finding Their Bearings—Nine Country Papers (Ghana country paper). Labor Education, a publication of the ILO Bureau for Workers' Activities, 1999/3, no. 116. Case study by Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, Deputy Secretary-General, Ghana Trades Union Congress.

8. Togo: Creating Partnerships in Development Initiatives. http://www.worldbank.org/afr/findings/infobeng/infob48.htm [Accessed June 2006]. Infobrief excerpted from the article “Togo: Creating Partnerships in Grassroots Development Initiatives” by Kossi R. Eguida. Poverty Reduction and Social Development Unit, Africa Region, World Bank, 1999.

9. International OSH Program on the Informal Sector. William D. Salter Senior Specialist on Conditions of Work. ILO South-East Asia and the Pacific Multidisciplinary Advisory Team. Quezon City, Philippines. 12 November 1998.

10. Occupational Safety and Health for the Urban Informal Sector: The Save the Children Experience (Philippines). Monograph, Volume I, 1996. Save the Children Federation (USA).

11. Report of the National Seminar on Safety and Health for Home-Based Workers in Thailand. Seminar organized by the Office of Home Workers of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MOLSW) and the ILO, Bangkok, 23–24 April 2001. Other cooperating agencies were the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare of the MOLSW, the Ministry of Public Health, HomeNet Thailand, and the National Institute for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment (NICE).

12. An Information Revolution for Small Enterprise in Africa: Experience in Interactive Radio Formats in Africa. Mary McVay. Series on Innovation and Sustainability in Business Support Services (FIT). InFocus Programme: Boosting employment through small enterprise development (SEED). Working Paper No. 27, 2002.

13. Pilot Survey on Occupational Safety and Health in the Informal Sector, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Kukindo and Estrella-Gust. African Safety & Health Project, ILO, Geneva. Report 7/94.

14. Strategies and Results of an Active Method of Business Training to Improve the Conditions and the Environment of Work in Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in Latin America. Juan Carlos Hiba. 1 July 1999.

15. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Work Improvements in Small Enterprises (WISE). Occupational Safety and Health Center, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, 6–7 March 1997.

16. Occupational Safety and Health Institutional Capacity-Building in Malaysia: A Feasibility Study to Identify and Evaluate Mechanisms to Extend Protection to the “Self Employed.” Mission Report. Richard Rinehart. 27 August to 20 September 2001. UNDP Project MAL/99/006/A/01/NEX.

17. Healthcare: An Unreachable Star for Small-Scale Employees in Developing Countries. African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety, Volume 13, Number 1, April 2003 (Informal Sector) pp. 7–10. A. Kayumba and L.B. Mlingi (Tanzania).

18. An Approach to Safety and Health at Work in Small and Medium-Scale Tanneries in India. Asian-Pacific Newsletter on Occupational Safety and Health, Volume 10, Number 2, July 2003. pp. 60–63. Jürgen Hannak.

19. Workers in the Urban “Informal” Food Sector: Innovative Organizing Strategies. G. Yasmeen. http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y1931M/y1931m05.htm [Accessed June 2006].

20. Assessment of Regional Program on Micro and Small Enterprises and Workers' Protection (in the Asia and Pacific Region). Alexandra Overy Miehlbradt, ILO, South-East Asia and the Pacific Multidisciplinary Advisory Team (SEAPAT), 1998.

21. http://www.ioha.net/content/view/10/32/ [Accessed June 2006].

22. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/globalocchyg-list/message/900?l=1 [Accessed June 2006].