This evaluation reviewed the Australian Government's Encouraging Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment Initiative. It found the initiative was positively perceived, addressing a gap and providing useful support to young clients seeking to start a business, but there was low awareness of some components and opportunities for improvement. Participants continued to face multiple barriers to starting a business.

A series of videos about microenterprises to learn about what they are and how to plan for one. A microenterprise is a small business established to create meaningful employment for a person with intellectual disability. It provides a pathway to self‑employment, tailored to the individual’s strengths, interests and needs. Each microenterprise is designed to reflect...

Despite the huge challenges they face, refugees are the most entrepreneurial migrants in Australia and they are nearly twice as likely to be entrepreneurs as Australian taxpayers in general. Yet refugee entrepreneurship hardly features in public debate and receives little policy support.

This collection of best practice examples shows how European Union member states are improving access to social protection for workers and self-employed citizens. It was developed by national authorities and social partners for national authorities and social partners, to support the implementation of social protection measures under the European Pillar of Social Rights.

This paper provides a typology of work arrangements and reviews how different arrangements, and especially gig activity, are captured in existing data.