====== Guinea ====== **Region:** Western Africa **Regional Economic Communities (REC):** CEN-SAD · ECOWAS · OHADA → [[https://iiag.online/locations/gn.html|View IIAG Country Statistics]] ---- ^ Indicator ^ Data ^ | **Governance (IIAG)** | Overall Governance score: 41.9 / 100 · Rank: 42nd / 54 | ---- ===== PART 1 – HIGH-LEVEL COUNTRY MAPPING ===== ==== Institutions and Stakeholder Database ==== (To be linked) ---- ==== REC Membership ==== * CEN-SAD * ECOWAS * OHADA ---- ==== Population size and size of the informal economy ==== Guinea’s population is estimated at approximately **14.5 million**. The informal economy is dominant: * Approximately **38.9%–42% of GDP** * Approximately **96% of total employment** This reflects: * Widespread informality across sectors * Predominance of low-productivity and vulnerable employment * Limited access to formal labour protections ---- ==== Nature of the legal system and ILO status ==== Guinea operates a **civil law system**, influenced by French legal traditions and OHADA harmonised business law. Guinea has been a member of the **International Labour Organization (ILO) since 1959** and participates in the **Decent Work Agenda**, with priorities including: * Employment creation * Labour rights protection * Social protection expansion * Formalisation of the informal economy ---- ==== Workers’ rights in human rights system, national labour law / social protection and scope of protection ==== Guinea’s labour framework is grounded in national labour legislation (Labour Code), which: * Regulates employment relationships * Establishes minimum labour standards * Provides for occupational health and safety However: * Coverage of informal workers remains limited * Enforcement capacity is weak * The majority of workers operate outside formal protections Social protection systems remain: * Narrow in scope * Concentrated in the formal sector ---- ==== Existing laws, policy and regulatory initiatives for the protection of workers in the informal economy ==== Guinea’s approach is characterised by: * General labour law frameworks * Sector-specific regulation (notably mining) However: * Limited targeted regulation for informal workers * Weak integration of informal economy into formal systems ---- ===== PART 2 – SECTOR SPECIFIC REGULATION ===== ---- ==== Domestic Work Sector ==== (Content to be added) ---- ==== Street Vendor ==== (Content to be added) ---- ==== Waste Reclaiming ==== (Content to be added) ---- ==== Home working ==== (Content to be added) ---- ==== Gig Work and the Platform Economy ==== (Content to be added) ---- ==== Farm Work ==== (Content to be added) ---- ==== The Mining Sector and Artisanal Mining ==== **Mining Code (Act L/2011/006/CNT of 9 September 2011)** (as amended by Act L/2013/053/CNT of 8 April 2013) **Key objectives (Art. 2):** * Regulate the mining sector * Promote investment * Ensure sustainable economic and social benefits * Encourage transparent sector governance **Definition of artisanal mining (Art. 1):** * Extraction and accumulation of mineral substances * Use of **manual and traditional methods** * Production of tradable mineral outputs **Key insight:** * Mining is one of the few sectors with **clear legal recognition of informal/ artisanal activity** * Reflects sector-specific formalisation rather than system-wide inclusion ---- ==== Taxi and Transport Sector (Gig-work/platform economy overlap) ==== (Content to be added) ---- ==== Cross-Border Informal Trade ==== Guinea’s participation in **ECOWAS** facilitates: * Regional mobility * Informal trade flows across borders However: * Trade remains largely informal * Limited regulatory oversight * Significant reliance on informal cross-border activity for livelihoods ---- ===== Sources / Links ===== * IIAG – Guinea: https://iiag.online/locations/gn.html * Mining Code (2011, amended 2013) * World Bank – Guinea (population and informal economy data) * National Institute of Statistics – Guinea (2023 informal sector data)