Statistics Programme

On Measuring Place of Work

Statistics on Informal Employment in Brazil

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

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,...

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...

Counting the Invisible Workforce: The Case of Home-based Workers

Statistics on Informal Employment in South Africa

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

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...

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...

WIEGO Impact Evaluation – Evaluator’s Assessment Report Mainstreaming the Measurement of the Informal Economy

Global and regional estimation of informal sector employment: A methodology

Background document for the WIEGO Statistics Planning Meeting, June 2002