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This book provides accounts of learning and training programs in the informal sector that equip young people and adults with the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge and improve their capacities to work, participate fully in their societies, take control of their own lives, and to continue learning. It is presented in two main sections. 'Section 1: cross-cutting themes' contains: Schooling and basic skills: training programmes and challenges in the informal sector: Latin America / Enrique Pieck Gochicoa (p. 25-42); Informal learning and the role of social movements / Bernd Overwien (p. 43-59); The informal sector: non-formal education settings for working children / Laila Iskandar (p. 61-70); Institutional support structures and modes of skills transmission / V. V. Krishna (p. 75-90); Gender and the informal economy in Latin America: new challenges and possible answers for labour training policies / Sara Silveira and Anaclara Matosas (p. 91-118); Trade unions and adult learning for women construction workers in the informal sector / Christine Nathan (p. 119-129). 'Section 2: country studies' contains: Skills formation for the informal sector in Bangladesh: a strategic framework / Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir (p. 133-154); Training and skills development for decent work in the informal sector: case studies from South India / Amit Mitra (p. 155-182); Education, training and skills formation for decent work in the informal sector: case studies from Northern India / V. V. Krishna (p. 183-214); Educational reform for linking skills development with employment in Nepal / Poorna K. Adhikary (p. 215-228); Training in modest housing construction for those who need it most: an example from Nicaragua / Peter Gerasch and Arturo Duran (p. 229-238).