Statistics

Statistics on Waste Pickers in Brazil

In the current economic downturn, the job of waste picker has taken on new importance as an employment opportunity for those with limited...

Note on Concepts and Techniques for Estimating the Contribution of Women Working in the Informal Sector

Presented at the Delhi Group Meeting on Informal Sector Statistics, Ankara, April 28-30, 1998

The World’s Women, 2010 Trends and Statistics

This report presents statistics and analysis on the status of women and men in the world, highlighting the current situation and changes...

Concept of the Informal Economy to Labour Market Changes in Developed Countries: What Can Be Learned

This working paper examines how the concept of informal economy can be applied in developed country contexts, paying particular attention...

Street Vendors in Asia: A Review

This paper aims to review recent research on street vendors in Asia with the purpose of assessing the magnitude of street vending in different...

Barriers to Entry and Returns to Capital in Informal Activities: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

South 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...

Informalisation of Employment in Germany? Current Labour Market Trends and Measurement Problems

Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University

Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Elements of a Conceptual Framework

Prepared for ILO-Latin America/WIEGO Latin America Regional Workshop on Statistics on the Informal Economy, Santiago, Chile

A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics

This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,...