Annex - III

  Third Meeting of the Expert Group on Informal Sector Statistics (Delhi Group) New Delhi, India, 17-19 May 1999  

List of papers presented in the meeting 

  

1. What is to be expected from an operative approach to the Informal Sector?


   – Rodrigo Negrete, Mexico 

2. Issues relating to the International Definition of the Informal Sector and their impact on       the International Comparability of Informal Sector Statistics


    – Ralf Hussmanns, ILO 

3.  Informal sector statistics Australian view on the international definition, minimum         dataset and selected data collection issues (circulated in second meeting and part of      the paper re-circulated for discussion)


  –Zia Abbasi, Australia 

4.  Definition on the informal sector and classification proposal


  – Tatiana Gonzalez Gutierrez & Oscar Franco, Colombia 

5.  Definition and measurement on the Informal Sector


-Renana Jhabvala, SEWA, India 

6. Informal Sector Activities in Rural India– A Methodological Study


– Jeemol Unni, and Paul Jacob GIDR, India 

7. Enhancing the international comparability of informal sector statistics – A review of national definitions of the informal sector and a proposal of a harmonized definition for international reporting


– Brigitte du Jeu, ILO 

8.  Comparative use and usefulness of the criteria recommended for the definition of the Informal Sector


– Jacques Charmes, WEIGO 

9. The Nigeria’s Experience of the Informal Sector Survey: The methodology and the issue of non-sampling errors


– O.O. Ajayi & O.O. Akanji, Nigeria 

10. Evolution of Sampling Frame for Surveys in Unorganised Sectors of Indian Economy


– Country Paper, India 

11. Labour Data in Latin America & Experiences of Labour Force Surveys in Pakistan


– B. Herman, Netherland 

12.  Surveys concerning informal sector and their use by national accounts systems: some points for discussion


– Rodrigo Negrete, Mexico. 

13.  On Contribution of Informal Sector in Indian Economy


– A.C. Kulshreshtha & Gulab Singh, India 

14.  Note on value added in Informal Sector


– Lourdes Ferran, Venezuela