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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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    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

    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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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Domestic Workers in Latin America

    Domestic work is an important occupation, involving a significant proportion of the workforce in Latin America.  

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Are Differences in National Definitions of Informal Employment and Employment in the Informal Sector Necessary?

    The international standards concerning a statistical definition of informal employment and concerning statistics of employment in the informal...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    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

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  • Statistical Briefs

    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...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Relating Quality of Employment to Informal Employment

    Statistical Brief 15 discusses the importance and relevance of the definition of informal employment to the economies of developed countries...

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