Urban Informal Economy Statistics

Data analysis is complete in South Africa, India and Buenos Aires in Argentina. WIEGO is working alongside the French Institute DIAL to construct city-level estimates for an additional 15 cities.

Outputs so far:

• Wills, G. 2010. South Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile. Research Report, No. 7.
• Esquivel, V. 2010. Greater Buenos Aires Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile. Research Report, No 9.

Watch this page for forthcoming reports and fact sheets reflecting this work.

This research is co-ordinated by Caroline Skinner (WIEGO Urban Policies Programme Director and University of Cape Town) with substantive oversight from Joann Vanek (WIEGO Statistics Programme Director).