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Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries

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This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou, Dakar, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Lima, Lomé, Niamey and Ouagadougou.

It presents data on specific categories of urban informal workers – street vendors and waste pickers, among others. The paper also makes recommendations on methods to improve the identification of these workers in national data collection systems.

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Herrera, J., Kuepie, M., Nordman, Christophe J., Oudin, X., and Roubaud, François. Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries. WIEGO Working Paper No. 9, , . WIEGO, 2012. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herrera_WIEGO_WP9.pdfHerrera, J., Kuepie, M., Nordman, C. J., Oudin, X., and Roubaud, F. (2012). Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries. WIEGO Working Paper No. 9, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herrera_WIEGO_WP9.pdfHerrera, J., Kuepie, M., Nordman, Christophe J., Oudin, X., and Roubaud, François. "Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries." WIEGO Working Paper No. 9, WIEGO, 2012, .Herrera J., Kuepie M., Nordman Christophe J., Oudin X., and Roubaud François. "Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries." WIEGO Working Paper No. 9 (2012). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herrera_WIEGO_WP9.pdfHerrera, J, Kuepie, M, Nordman, C J, Oudin, X, and Roubaud, F 2012, 'Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries', WIEGO Working Paper No. 9, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herrera_WIEGO_WP9.pdfJ. Herrera, M. Kuepie, Christophe J Nordman, X. Oudin, and François Roubaud, 'Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries' (2012) WIEGO Working Paper No. 9 Herrera J., Kuepie M., Nordman C. J., Oudin X., and Roubaud F. Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries. WIEGO Working Paper No. 9. 2012. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herrera_WIEGO_WP9.pdfHerrera, J., Kuepie, M., Nordman, Christophe J., Oudin, X., and Roubaud, François. Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries. WIEGO Working Paper No. 9. 2012. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herrera_WIEGO_WP9.pdf

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