In Sudan just like most developing countries and emerging economies, a large part of its active workforce is made of the informal workers representing about 60 to 65% of the workforce. Although this is the case, the majority of the informal economy is not covered by the social protection. The present study aims to analyse how social protection could be extended to workers in the informal economy, by overcoming existing supply and demand-side challenges. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the existing social protection schemes, their design and their delivery mechanisms. Thereby, identifying gaps in coverage, adequacy and comprehensiveness of the current social protection system and the specific supply-side barriers that workers in the informal economy are currently facing when accessing social protection schemes.
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