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Beta phase Please be aware that this website is in the beta phase of development and as such is still being tested. Please feel free to have a look around the site and let us know your thoughts and ideas. |
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Home Welcome to the website of the Informal Economy Campaign Network. The network is a coalition of organisations and individuals committed to reducing the factors that force people to work informally. We advocate harnessing the skills and dynamism of informal workers to help them move away from informal work and into a position where their talents can contribute to the formal economy and maximise societal benefit. We believe that information, provision and encouragement are more likely to bring about deeper and broader successes than demonisation, castigation and punishment. This objective is pursued through contributing to the national conversation on this issue, encouraging good employment practice and campaigning for change to elements of the tax and benefits system. The purpose of this site is to provide information on the informal economy, raise awareness about the consequences of its existence, and make the case for changes to policy and practice to improve the lives of working people. We outline how, why and where the informal sector has grown, offer a more nuanced understanding of the motivations and circumstances of people who find themselves involved in it, and make recommendations as to policy so government can most effectively harness the dynamism, invention and innovation inherent within the informal economy. We welcome discussion and debate, so please contact us with your thoughts, opinions and ideas.
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