Table of Contents: Acknowledgements... Phase I: Introduction... Government Policy and Gaps... Trends and future forecast for employment during the economic crisis from business sectors... Impact of the Crisis on Informal Workers... Impact of the Crisis on Formal Sector Work and Remittances to Rural Households... Conclusion... References... Appendix..... Phase II: Summary of findings... . Introduction... Informal workers in urban settings... . The rural poor... Workers in the formal sector... Migrant workers and the unemployed... Specific impacts on male and female formal and informal workers... Conclusion... Annexes.