Annex II

 

Fourth Meeting of the

Expert Group on Informal Sector Statistics

(Delhi Group)

 

Geneva, 28-30 August 2000

 

Room IV (R.3 South), ILO Building

 

Agenda

 

Monday, 28 August

 

Morning session

 

1.                                      Inauguration

 

(Chair: Mr. Sastry, India; Rapporteur: Ms. du Jeu, ILO)

 

A)        Opening of the meeting (Mr. Sastry, India; Mr. Ashagrie, ILO)

B)        Adoption of the agenda

C)        Designation of chairpersons and rapporteurs for the technical sessions

D)        Administrative matters (Ms. du Jeu, ILO)

 

2..            Topic 1:     Results of surveys on the informal sector conducted by different countries - Advantages and limitations of different survey methods and survey designs for the data collection

                Topic 4:     Development of strategies to address sampling frame and weighting issues

 

(Chair: Mr. Charmes, WIEGO; Rapporteur: Ms. Guerrero, UNSD)

 

Papers by:        Mr. Nsour, Jordan

Ms. Gonzalez, Colombia

Ms. Budlender/Mr. Buwembo, South Africa

Ms. Boonperm, Thailand

Mr. Mossa, Ethiopia

Mr. Shrestha, Nepal

Ms. Unni, WIEGO

Country paper, India

Ms. Filgueiras/Ms. Valadao, Brazil

Mr. Tasti, Turkey

Mr. Hussmanns, BLO

Mr. Abbasi, Australia

 

Afternoon session

 

Topic 1:           continued

Cocktail at 17.30 in Salon 1, ILO Restaurant, R.2 North

Tuesday, 29 August

 

Morning session

 

Topic 1:           continued

3.             Topic 2:                 Methodology for developing more accurate measures of value added

                Topic 3:                 Estimation of the contribution of the informal sector to GDP on a regular basis

 

(Chair: Mr. Shrestha, Nepal; Rapporteur: Mr. Loh, ESCAP)

 

Papers by:               Mr. Mirzoyan/Mr.Gjougyan, Rep. of Armenia

Mr. Sinha/Mr. Sangeeta, India Country paper, India

Mr. Virola/Ms. de Perlio, Philippines

Mr. Negrete, Mexico

Mr. Charmes, WIEGO

Ms. Arboleda/Mr. Loh, ESCAP

Afternoon session

 

Topics 2 and 3:                       continued

 

Wednesday, 30 August

 

Morning session

 

(Chair: Mr. Sastry, India; Rapporteur: Ms. du Jeu, ILO)

 

5.        Future work of the Delhi Group

A)          Date and venue of the next meeting

B)           Agenda of the next meeting

C)          Other

6.        Other business

A)       Handbook for Measurement of the Non-Observed Economy (Underground, Informal, and Illegal activities) (Note by OECD)

B)        Alternative aggregates and sub-divisions for the informal sector in ISIC, Rev.3 (Note by ILO)

C)     Other

Afternoon session

 

(Chair: Mr. Sastry, India; Rapporteur: Mr. Hussmanns, ILO)

 

7.             Adoption of the recommendations of the meeting

8.                                      Closing of the meeting

 

Note: Morning sessions will run from 9.00 to 12.30 am, and afternoon sessions from 14.00 to 17.30. During each session, there will be a coffee/tea break of 15-20 minutes.