Self-Employment - Statistics

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Discussion

Mike Lewis and Pat Conaty:

"Internationally over three billion people are self-employed and they represent the largest sector of the global workforce.

One in four jobs in the U.K. is supported by 1-2 person microbusinesses.New Economics Foundation research has shown that in Europe these enterprises have little or no access to social protection insurance, legal advice, advocacy, pension services, and discounted business services. (The Grameen Bank in India, BRAC in Bangladesh, and 10,000 similar microfinance institutions in other parts of the world have been highly successful in serving similar markets.) In the European Union four in ten jobs are among the self-employed, casual workers, and office temps in quasi-self-employment and they all lack social protection and advocacy support. But how might it be feasible to establish an economic connection with such a diverse, dispersed, and isolated population?" (makingwaves volume 20, number 3, p. 40)