Statistics Programme

Work

The Director of WIEGO’s Statistics Programme, Joann Vanek previously led the development of the programme on gender statistics at the United...

Home-Based Workers in Bangladesh: Statistics and Trends

This brief presents estimates of home-based workers in Bangladesh based on two rounds of labour force surveys (nationally representative...

Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Patterns

Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus...

The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics

The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics released on October 20th by the United Nations highlights the latest data documenting...

Statistics on the Informal Economy: Definitions, Regional Estimates & Challenges

This working paper offers new regional estimates on informal employment based on direct measures from 40 countries and indirect measures...

The Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical Profile

This paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,...

Measuring Quality of Employment: Country Pilot Reports

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...

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,...

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)