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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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    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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  • Statistical Briefs

    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...

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    A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics

    This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,...

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    Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru

    Based on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also...

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    Statistics on Informal Employment in Kenya

    This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Kenya.

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  • Working Papers

    Toward a Common Framework for Informal Employment across Developed and Developing Countries

    This paper addresses the importance of developing a common framework for defining informal employment in developed countries, and highlights...

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  • Briefs

    Considerations for Revision of the International Classification of Status in Employment – ICSE-93

    Many employment arrangements today do not fit easily within the existing International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93) either...

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