CAMBODIA
By Richa Sekhani and Deepanshu Mohan
East Asia Forum-June 29
Southeast Asia is experiencing rapid urbanization, and with it comes more and more people who are absorbed into the unregulated, informal sectors of the economy. In Cambodia, more than 95 per cent of the aggregate labor force is employed in unregulated, informal activities such as street vending, construction and transport.
In its 2013 report on Cambodia, the International Labor Organization (ILO) reported that, out of the 7.2 million employed persons aged 15 or older, 17.7 per cent were employed in formal and regulated sectors with social protection, 1.1 per cent were involved in household activities, and 81.2 per cent worked in unregulated sectors without any form of social protection.
Read more at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2018/06/29/the-invisible-entrepreneurs-of-phnom-penh/
First published in: East Asia Forum
