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Interregional Cooperation on the Measurement of Informal Sector and Informal Employment
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Data Collection
Last update: 25 May 2010
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Document
Year Publication
Reference Web sites
Instruments
Pietro Gennari, ESCAP Informal Sector: Statistical Definition and Measurement Issues OECD/UNESCAP/ADB Workshop on Assessing and Improving Statistical Quality: Measuring the Non-Observed Economy, Bangkok, 11-14 May 2004
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2004
ILO Measuring the Informal economy: From employment in the informal sector to informal employment: ILO Working Paper No. 53 Geneva, December 2004
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(222KB)
2004
Vijay Verma Sample design considerations for informal sector surveys ISI
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1999
Rémi Bardon, DIAL Measuring the Non-Observed Economy: The 1-2-3 Mixed Survey: Main Principles EUROSTAT/C3
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Methodology
(1) François Roubaud; (2) Mireille Razafindrakoto, DIAL/IRD The 1-2-3 Survey: An informal sector, informal employment and labour market monitoring tool ESCAP, 29 March 2007
PowerPoint format
2007
 
(1) François Roubaud; (2) Mireille Razafindrakoto, DIAL/IRD The informal sector in the LDCs:
An economic and statistical perspective
ESCAP, 29 March 2007
PowerPoint format
(181KB)
2007
 
ILO ILO International Seminar on the use of National Labour Force Surveys for Collecting Additional Labour-Related Statistics Geneva, 24-26 October 2005
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2005
OECD Informal Employment: Survey Methods of Measurement and National Policy Reviews Annexes 1 and 2 "Informal Employment and Promoting the Transition to a Salaried Economy": Chapter 5 of OECD Employment Outlook, 2004
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2004
(1) Faly Rakotomanana; (2) Rachel Ravelosoa; (3) François Roubaud The 1-2-3 Survey of the Informal Sector and the Satisfaction of Household Needs in the Antananarivo Conurbation INTER-STAT 27, September 2003, p.59-88

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(2.8MB)

2003
 
ILO ILO Compendium of Official Statistics on Employment in the Informal Sector STAT Working papers, No. 2002-1; International Labour Office, Bureau of Statistics, Geneva, 2002
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(232KB)
2002
EU/CHINA EU China Stat Programme Informal Sector Component Final Report on Methodology EU/CHINA STAT PROGRAMME
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(1.3MB)
2002
OECD Measuring the Non-Observed Economy: A Handbook OECD 2002
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(2.0MB)
2002
Ralf Hussmanns, ILO Informal sector surveys: Advantages and limitations of different survey methods and survey designs for the data collection 4th Meeting of the Expert Group on Informal Sector Statistics (Delhi Group), ILO HQ, Geneva, 28-30 August 2000
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(1.6MB)
2000
(1) AFRISTAT - DIAL; (2) Prosper Backiny Yetna; (3) Rémi Bardon, DIAL Concepts et Indicateurs du Marché du Travail et du Secteur Informel AFRISTAT
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(213KB)
1999
UNSD/ESCAP/ILO Collection of Data on Informal Sector: Survey Methodoloty, Informal Sector: Methods of Data Collection - Workshop on Informal Sector Statistics Bangkok, 12-16 May 1997
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(1MB)
1997
ESCAP Report of the Workshop on Statistics on the Informal Sector, Bangkok, 12-16 May 1997
 
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1997
Jacques Charmes Estimation and Survey Methods for the Informal Sector ILO International Seminar
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1993
 
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