 | | Tuomo Poutiainen | Presentation | | Business | ILO Better Factories Cambodia Chief Technical Advisor, Tuomo Poutiainen - Industry and Labour Rights in Cambodia |
| | Tillman Bruett & Janine Firpo | Report | | Business | A joint research team from the Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme and the International Finance Corporation took a close look at how a mobile money system might take hold in Papua New Guinea. Despite all of the challenges in providing financial services, there is a great opportunity for mobile phone based financial services to increase people's financial and physical security in PNG. |
| | UNDP Regional Center in Colombo | Report | | Business | This study examines the supply and demand side bottlenecks of insurance services for the rural poor and seeks to reconcile social and financial bottomlines. |
 | | Donor Committee for Enterprise Development | Biography | Global | Business | This paper provides guiding principles and advice on how Business Economy Reform programs might contribute to the needs of the poor by reducing informality and encouraging informal business to start operating formally. Of particular concern is avoiding policies that increase formalization but concomitantly are likely to increase poverty. |
| | Batdelger Luuzan | Presentation | Asia-Pacific | Business | This presentation examines cases from the Philippines and Nepal. |
| | R. Michael Barth and Cesare Calari | Report | Global | Business | Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor sponsored note on financial sector development and expanded access to credit |
| | ILO | Report | | Business | Based on the ILOs 'Decent Work' agenda, the project sought to eliminate the negative forms of informality and examine the gradual integration of the informal economy into formal systems of protection and support. This report includes the main results, a description of the national development frameworks, summary of work done and brief fact sheets. |
| | K.P. Kannan | Presentation | Asia-Pacific | Business | Professor Kannan reviews the effects of plural orders and infomality |
| | Kyoko Kusakabe - for ILO | Other | | Business | This study characterises street vending in Thailand, Mongolia and Cambodia and highlights the role of policies especially concerning the legal status of vendors, their social security, and allocation of urban space. |
| | Shalini Trivedi | Presentation | | Business | SEWA's Experience with legal empowerment assisting informal workers in India |
| | Sultan Tiwana | Presentation | | Business | Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) Manager, Sultan Tiwana, 'Empowering SMEs by Facilitating Access to Legal Services' |
| | Commission on the Private Sector and Development | Report | Global | Business | The Commission on the Private Sector and Development's report on unleashing the potential of the private sector and entrepreneurship in developing countries. |
| | Susan L. Rutledge | Report | Global | Business | The recent turmoil in financial markets worldwide has emphasized the need for adequate consumer protection and financial literacy for long-term stability of the financial sector. This Working Paper aims to summarize key lessons from reviews of consumer protection and financial literacy in nine middle-income countries -Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, the Russian Federation and Slovakia. |