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...

A Handbook on Using the Mixed Survey for Measuring Informal Employment and the Informal Sector

This Handbook is based on the experience of the the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in implementing a two -part “mixed “survey...

Home-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...

Promote industrial relations in the domestic work sector in Europe

The present report contains the results of research conducted between May and November 2014 for the EFFAT project “Promote industrial relations...

Cooperation among workers in the informal economy: A focus on home-based workers and waste pickers

This joint report by the International Labour Organization and WIEGO aims to deepen understanding on the nature and role of cooperatives...

Informality in Latin America: Facts and Opportunities

This paper was written as a contribution to a WIEGO/OECD project under the OECD Regional Reviews on Informality.

Informality, Gender and Poverty: A Global Picture

May 27, 2006

Measuring the Unorganized Sector in India

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