Statistics

Unlocking the Labor Force: An Economic Update on Cameroon

From a news article by The World Bank about this paper: “The labor market in Cameroon is characterized by a large informal sector,...

Informal Workers in Urban South Africa: A Statistical Snapshot

This brief offers details of the urban informal workers in South Africa’s metros, with a further focus on three cities.

Flexibility, Informalization, and New Forms of Work: Non-standard Work Arrangements in Western Europe

for WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment:  Globalizing and Organizing).

Earnings Structures, Informal Employment, and Self-Employment: New Evidence from Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa

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...

Nonstandard work in advanced economies: Need for measuring both quantity and quality of work

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

The Informal Economy: Definitions, Theories and Policies

The paper proposes a comprehensive policy response to the informal economy with four main pillars: create more formal jobs; regulate informal...

Rapport sur le Travail dans le Monde 2012

La nouvelle étude examine la performance des différents pays depuis le début de la crise mondiale à travers le prisme de la quantité et de...

The World’s Women 2005: Progress in Statistics

Global Employment Trends 2014: Risk of a jobless recovery?

The study offers the latest global and regional information and projections on several indicators of the labour market, including employment,...