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Working PapersToward a Common Framework for Informal Employment across Developed and Developing Countries
This paper addresses the importance of developing a common framework for defining informal employment in developed countries, and highlights...
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Organizing BriefsInformal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies
This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...
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Statistical BriefsHome-Based Workers in Pakistan: Statistics and Trends
This report presents statistics and trends on home-based workers in Pakistan, based on data from the Labour Force Survey for two points in...
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Working PapersSouth Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile
This paper presents a statistical profile of informal employment in South Africa from 2005 to 2007, and attempts to identify the economic...
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Statistical BriefsHome-Based Workers in India: Statistics and Trends
This brief presents numbers and analysis of home-based workers in India from 1999-00 to 2011-12. It is based on data collected by the National...
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Working PapersUrban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Patterns
Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus...
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Statistical BriefsStatistics on Home-Based Workers in Nepal
This brief presents estimates of homebased workers in Nepal, certain characteristics of their work, their age distribution and family composition....
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Working PapersThe Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical Profile
This paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,...
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Statistical BriefsHome-Based Workers in Bangladesh: Statistics and Trends
This brief presents estimates of home-based workers in Bangladesh based on two rounds of labour force surveys (nationally representative...
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Working PapersInformal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries
This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,...
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