ANNEX - II

Seventh Meeting of the Expert Group

On Informal Sector Statistics

(Delhi Group)

 

New Delhi, INDIA

FEBRUARY 2 – 4, 2004

 

AGENDA 

 

Venue :  Room No.: 479, Hotel Ashoka, Chanakya Puri, New Delhi

 

2 February 2004

 

 

10.00 – 11.00

Registration

 

 

11.00 – 11.30

Inaugural Session

 

 

 

Chairperson: Dr. Adarsh Kishore, Chairman of the Delhi Group    

 

 

 

  • Inaugural Address: Dr. Adarsh Kishore 

 

  • Adoption of agenda

 

  • Designation of Chairpersons and rapporteurs for the technical sessions

 

 

11.30 – 12.00

Tea/ Coffee Break

 

 

12.00 – 13.00

SESSION-1: Defining Informal Employment and Methodologies for its measurement

 

 

 

Chairperson: Mr. Jacques Charmes

 

Rapporteur: Mr. G.C. Manna

 

Papers

 

1.

Statistical definition of Informal Employment:Guidelines endorsed by 17th ICLS (2003) – Ralf Hussmanns, ILO

2.

Estimation of Informal Employment in India 1999-2000 through Application of ILO conceptual framework on NSS Data – Dr. N.S. Sastry.

3.

 Measurement of Informal Economy in Malaysia –      S.A.Rahman & A.F.Mohammad

4.

 Defining Informal Employment and Methodologies for its measurement and some results – K.P. Shrestha, Nepal

5.

Defining Informal Employment and Methodologies fot its Measurement – Mekonen Tesfaye, Ethiopia.

 

 

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch Break

 

 

14.00 – 15.00

SESSION-1 (Contd.)

 

 

15.00 – 15.30

Tea/Coffee Break

 

 

15.30 – 17.00

 

SESSION-2:  Improving the quality of Informal Sector Statistics - Country experience

 

 

 

Chairperson:  Ms. Joann Vanek

 

Rapporteur:  Dr. G.M. Boopathy

 

 

Papers

 

1.

Data Collection on the Informal Sector: a Review of Concepts and Methods Used Since the Adoption of an International Definition Towards a Better Comparability of Available Statistics – Jacques Charmes

2.

Improving the quality of Informal Sector Statistics: Fiji  Experience – Nilima Lal

3.

Improving the quality of Informal Sector Statistics: Namibia – Panduleni Kali

4.

Informal Sector Statistics and Supporting Surveys: Indonesia Experience – Rusman Heriawan

5.

Impact of Policy Changes on the Informal Economy: Informalisation – A Sect oral Perspective - NCAER 

6.

Informal Sector – the Moroccan Experience

7.

The Cameroun Experience of the Informal Sector – Appolinaire Kinge

 

 

3 February 2004

 

 

9.30 – 11.00

SESSION-2 (Contd.)

 

 

11.00 – 11.30

Tea/Coffee Break

 

 

11.30 – 13.00

SESSION-3: Measurement of  Informal Economy through income and expenditure surveys.

 

 

 

Chairperson:  Mr. Ralf Hussmanns

 

Rapporteur: Dr. Gulab Singh

 

Papers

 

1.

Links among Employment in Informal Sector, Poverty and Gender – Dr. N.S. Sastry

2.

Contribution of Informal Sector and Informal Employment in Indian Economy – V.Saha, A. Kar & T. Baskaran.

3.

Non-observed economy and methods of its measurement and assessment in statistical practice of Azerbaijan – N. Suleymanov.

                   4.

Estimation of Employment and Value added of Informal Sector in Pakistan – Pietro Gennari

                   5.

International Classification of Statistics for Time Use Survey – Ms. Clare Menozzi

 

 

13.00 -- 14.00

Lunch Break

 

 

14.00 – 15.30

SESSION-3: (Contd.)

 

 

15.30–16.00

Tea/Coffee Break

 

 

4 February 2004

 

 

9.30 -13.00

Report Preparation

 

 

13.00-14.00

Lunch

 

 

14.00-15.00

SESSION-4, Future Work.

 

 

 

Chairperson:  Dr. N.S. Sastry

 

Rapporteur:  Dr. A.K. Yogi

 

 

15.00-16.00

Tea/Cofffee Break

 

 

16.00 – 17.00

SESSION-5: Concluding session

 

 

 

Chairperson: Dr. Adarsh Kishore, Chairman of the Delhi Group    

 

 

 

Presentation of Summary of Recommendations

 

 

 

Valedictory Address by the Chairperson

 

 

 

Vote of thanks

 

 

Chief Rapporteur       : Dr. A.K. Yogi