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Mechanisms to review and update these policies should be
established.
Policies to address risk
and disadvantage
Specific policies are required to provide
social protection to SMEs and their
workers, by means of voluntary
schemes and cooperative initiatives.
Such social protection requires
provisions to ensure compliance
with social security regulations
in areas such as medical care,
sickness, unemployment, old
age, employment injury,
family, maternity, invalidity
and survivors' benefits. In
times of economic difficulties,
governments should seek to
provide strong and effective
assistance to SMEs and their
workers.
The informal sector
The informal sector is growing
in industrialized, transition and
developing countries alike. To
create a supportive environment
for the growth of decent work in
self-employment and
microenterprises, specific policies and
incentives for assisting and upgrading the informal
sector should be designed.
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