Guidelines concerning a statistical definition of informal employment, the 17th ICLS

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Guidelines concerning a statistical definition of informal employment, the Seventeenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS), (download_en)

ILO - International Labour Organization

2003

Official website of the International Labour Organization (ILO

Adopted by the 17th ICLS, these guidelines introduce a statistical framework that distinguishes between informal employment and employment in the informal sector. While the informal sector is defined by the characteristics of the production units, informal employment refers to the nature of the employment relationship itself, regardless of the type of enterprise. The guidelines provide definitions, classifications, and recommendations to support the collection of comprehensive and internationally comparable statistics on all forms of informal work.

Guidelines concerning a statistical definition of informal employment