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WIEGO's Statistics Programme is launching a new set of Statistical Briefs that provide key indicators of informal employment and key categories of informal workers at the geographic levels of metros, urban and national. It is a guiding belief of the programme that statistics are essential in making...
The WIEGO Statistics Programme is featured in a recently published book by Alnoor Ebrahim. Ebrahim examines an "emergent strategy" in global policy advocacy work, where the relationship between cause and effect is complex. The Statistics Programme's influence is used to illustrate this strategy.
This brief contains estimates on informal workers in Bangkok and other urban centres in Thailand.
ISCO-88 provides a system for classifying and aggregating occupational information obtained by means of population censuses and other statistical surveys, as well as from administrative records.
Desde el sitio web: "El Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) pone a disposición del público en general por primera ocasión la medición de la Economía Informal 2003-2012, Base 2008, la cual se presenta en una serie de cuadros y tabulados por sector de actividad económica de acuerdo...
Como resultado de años de colaboración con la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT), en el seno del denominado Grupo de Delhi (grupo de expertos convocado por Naciones Unidas para la medición del fenómeno informal) y del trabajo conjunto de las áreas de investigación y de encuestas en hogares...
"La Clasificación Internacional Uniforme de Ocupaciones (CIUO) es una de las principales clasificaciones de las que la OIT es responsable. Pertenece a la familia internacional de las clasificaciones económicas y sociales (véase http://unstats.un.org/unsd/class/ )."
This is "the ILO’s central statistics database ILOSTAT – the primary source for cross-country statistics on the labour market. The database contains over 100 indicators covering more than 230 countries and economies."
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
WIEGO Briefs
This brief provides waste picker organizations, policymakers and practitioners with information about waste-to-energy initiatives, and solid waste management models that are true to an inclusive, circular economy while being suited for local contexts and offering livelihood protection.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.