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  • Woman waste picker in India Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in India: A Statistical Profile

    Employment in India is overwhelmingly informal: 90 per cent of all workers are employed under informal arrangements nationally; in urban...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in Mexico: A Statistical Snapshot

    This Brief provides statistics on the informal economy and categories of informal workers in Mexico. The data in this brief are based on...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Home-Based Workers in India: A Statistical Profile

    This statistical snapshot of India’s home-based workers offers data on the size of this workforce, age, sex, type of industry and more. Data...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in Ghana: A Statistical Snapshot

    This brief details recent data on informal workers in Greater Accra, urban Ghana and Ghana overall, and looks at the data:

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  • Home-based worker and street vendor in Bangkok 2015 Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in Urban Thailand: A Statistical Snapshot

    This brief contains estimates on informal workers in Bangkok and other urban centres in Thailand.

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    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...

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  • Working Papers

    Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries

    This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,...

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  • Research Reports

    African Women in Food Processing: A Major, But Still Underestimated Sector of Their Contribution to the National Economy

    Paper prepared for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Measurement of Employment-Related Income: Concepts, Data Sources and a Test of Methods

    This brief aims at reviewing the possibility of measuring income from employment with existing sources, in particular, assessing the feasibility...

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  • Working Papers

    Domestic Workers in Latin America: Statistics for New Policies

    This paper analyzes domestic work, where the labour relationship is ill-regulated and difficult to control, and the conditions and characteristics...

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