Programme: Statistics Programme

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...

Home-Based Workers in India: Statistics and Trends

This brief presents numbers and analysis of home-based workers in India from 1999-00 to 2011-12. It is based on data collected by the National...

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,...

Women and Men in the Informal Economy 2010 – a Statistical Picture: Plans for an Updated Report

Paper for session III-3 at Hanoi Research Meeting, The Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Statistical Measurement, Economic Implications...

Statistics on Home-Based Workers in Nepal

This brief presents estimates of homebased workers in Nepal, certain characteristics of their work, their age distribution and family composition....

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,...

Measuring Quality of Employment: Country Pilot Reports

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...

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...