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  • Working Papers

    Informal 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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    Statistics on the Informal Economy: Definitions, Regional Estimates & Challenges

    This working paper offers new regional estimates on informal employment based on direct measures from 40 countries and indirect measures...

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    Domestic Workers in Latin America: Statistics for New Policies

    This paper analyzes domestic work, where the labour relationship is ill-regulated and difficult to control, and the conditions and characteristics...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Measurement of Employment-Related Income: Concepts, Data Sources and a Test of Methods

    This brief aims at reviewing the possibility of measuring income from employment with existing sources, in particular, assessing the feasibility...

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    Measuring Informal Employment in South Africa: The New Quarterly Labour Force Survey

    This briefing note discusses how the changes introduced in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) will affect

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Are Differences in National Definitions of Informal Employment and Employment in the Informal Sector Necessary?

    The international standards concerning a statistical definition of informal employment and concerning statistics of employment in the informal...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Informal Employment in Ghana

    This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Ghana.The statistics are based on...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Relating Quality of Employment to Informal Employment

    Statistical Brief 15 discusses the importance and relevance of the definition of informal employment to the economies of developed countries...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Informal Employment in Kenya

    This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Kenya.

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru

    Based on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also...

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