Delhi Group Meeting Reports

Meeting Reports of the International Expert Group on Informal Sector Statistics, "The Delhi Group", of which WIEGO is a member.

From the UN Statistics Division:

Delhi Group on Informal Sector Statistics

Purpose
Set up as an international forum to exchange experience in the measurement of the informal sector, document the data-collection practices, including definitions and survey methodologies followed by member countries, and recommend measures for improving the quality and comparability of informal sector statistics.

Year organized
1997

Participants
Experts from the statistical offices of Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela ( Bolivarian Republic of) and Zambia; international bodies, such as the Asian Development Bank, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the International Labour Organization, the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific and the United Nations Statistics Division; and other institutions, such as the Centre for Development Alternatives, the Centre for Social Development, the French Scientific Research Institute for Development and Cooperation, the Gujarat Institute for Development Research, the Harvard Institute for International Development, the National Council for Applied Economic Research, the Self-Employed Women's Association, the Socio-economic Research Centre and Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing.