Uma Rani

Senior Economist, Research Department of the International Labour Organization

Uma Rani is Senior Economist at the Research Department of the International Labour Organization. She is a development economist and has worked on informal economy, minimum wages, and social policies. Since 2016, her research focuses on transformations in the digital economy, wherein she explores how labor and social institutions interact with public policies and can provide decent working conditions to workers. She has recently coordinated the publication of the ILO flagship report World Employment and Social Outlook 2021: The role of digital labor platforms in transforming the world of work.