Regional Course on Statistics on Informality: Informal economy, work and employment
- July 6, 2015 - July 10, 2015
- Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP)
Chiba, Japan.
A Regional Course on Statistics on Informality: Informal economy, work and employment was held 6-10 July 2015 at the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) in Chiba, Japan. The course was co-sponsored by SIAP, the Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP); the International Labour Organization (ILO); Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO); and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Government of Japan (MIC). Twenty-two statisticians and labour ministry officials participated from 13 Asian countries.
The course 1) Provided technical information and illustrations of good practices on collecting and tabulating data on informal employment and employment in the informal sector, and categories of informal workers as well as related data needed for the preparation of national accounts and 2) Promoted the collection of data and the improvement of statistics on informal employment and employment in the informal sector as an integral part of national labour force statistics.
For more information, see the SIAP website.
Read Joann Vanek’s blog piece, Six Myths about Informal Economy Statistics.
Read WIEGO’s Statistical Brief No. 8, A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics.
