All posts in Statistics Programme
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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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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 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
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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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 Kenya
This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Kenya.
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Statistical Briefs
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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