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Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World

The social sector is undergoing a major transformation. We are witnessing an explosion in efforts to deliver social change, a burgeoning...

WIEGO in the World Newsletter

  July 2019  English  |  en Español |  en Français

ILO-WIEGO Statistical Reports

WIEGO has worked closely with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the development of statistics on the informal economy. In 2018,...

Measuring the Non-observed Economy: A Handbook

Informal Sector Enterprises: Some Measurement Issues

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

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...

Contribution of Women to the National Economy

In the context of growing gender inequalities and the consequential adverse impacts on the well-being of the society, gender issues have...

Statistics 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....