ANNEXES

Table A1A1: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at national level in Africa.

Table A1A2: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at national level in Asia.

Table A1A3: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at national level in Latin America.

Table A1A4: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at national level in transition economies.

Table A1B1: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban level in Africa.

Table A1B2: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban level in Asia.

Table A1B3: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban level in Latin America.

Table A1B4: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban level in transition economies.

Table A1C1: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at main urban level in Africa.

Table A1C3: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at main urban level in Latin America.

Table A1D1: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at capital city level in Africa.

Table A1D2: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at capital city level in Asia.

Table A1D3: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at capital city level in Latin America.

Table A2A1: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at national level in Africa.

Table A2A2: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at national level in Asia.

Table A2A3: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at national level in Latin America.

Table A2A4: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at national level in transition economies.

Table A2B1: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at urban level in Africa.

Table A2B2: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at urban level in Asia.

Table A2B3: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at urban level in Latin America.

Table A2B4: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at urban level in transition economies.

Table A2C1: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at main urban level in Africa.

Table A2C3: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at main urban level in Latin America.

Table A2D1: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at capital city level in Africa.

Table A2D2: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at capital city level in Asia.

Table A2D3: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at capital city level in Latin America.

Tables are classified according to the level of geographical coverage (national; urban, main urban, capital city) and in each table, countries are classified according to the type of survey conducted (mixed surveys, labour force surveys LFS, other household surveys HSS, economic or establishment census and surveys, administrative records).

Size of the establishment is indicated in number of persons or workers (w) or number of employees (e).

All definitions should be read as “all persons employed in economic units defined as…”

Table Annex 1A1: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at national levels in Africa.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Definitions
AFRICA National
Algeria	2003	Mixed	All non agricultural production units working for the market and without holding a complete set of accounts
Chad	1995-96	Mixed	All non-agricultural unincorporated economic units with less than 10 workers
Kenya	1999	Mixed	Micro and small enterprises comprise all non agricultural economic units owned by a household member and employing up to 10 workers (micro) or to 50 workers (small)
Mali	1989 1996	Mixed Mixed	All individual non agricultural economic units with less than 10 employees All unincorporated enterprises which do not keep a complete set of accounts, are not registered for social security or pensions and with less than 11 workers
Morocco	1999-00	Mixed	All non agricultural production units working for the market and without holding a complete set of accounts
Namibia	2002	Mixed
Niger	1995	Mixed	Enterprises owned and operated by households or households members which do not keep accounts or which do not submit accounts to any administration (statistics, taxes or central bank)
Nigeria	1998	Mixed	Economic units “that operate without binding official regulations (but may or may not regulate themselves internally) as well as those which operate under official regulations that do not compel rendition of official returns on their operations or production process”.
South Africa	2001	Mixed	Businesses that are not registered for VAT (Value Added Tax).
Tanzania	1991 2001	Mixed Mixed	Excluding Government, parastatals and registered co-operatives, the informal sector is comprised of economic units with 5 paid employees and less. Agriculture and fishing whose products are marketed are included in urban areas, professionals excluded, domestic servants excluded and some other restrictions based on the use of high technology The definition is the same in 2001 except that the size limit is increased to 10 paid employees for mining, manufacturing and construction; also professionals and high technology units are excluded only if they don’t meet the requirements to be included.
Algeria	1992, 1997, 2001	LFS	All non-agricultural unincorporated enterprises
Botswana	1985 1995-96	LFS LFS	Economic units which have no fixed place, are home-based or employ less than 5 persons. Economic units not registered as a company or professional association or not keeping a complete set of accounts and employing less than 11 people.
Egypt	1998	ELMS	All economic units which are not registered and do not keep regular books
Ethiopia	1999	LFS	All economic units which are not keeping book of account that show monthly income statement and balance sheet and have less than 10 workers and have not business/enterprise license.
Zimbabwe	1986-87	LFS	Unregistered establishments
Ghana	1991-92 1999	GLSS	All non-farm enterprises or businesses operated by a household member or all work as a self-employed professional or craftsman or fisherman
Guinea	1991 1994-95	SDA-PS LSHS (EIBC)	All non-farm enterprises or businesses operated by a household member or all work as a self-employed professional or craftsman or fisherman
South Africa	1999	October Household Survey	Business activities which are not registered under VAT requirements or under professional groups regulatory acts or similar acts.
Uganda	1992-93 1993-94 2002-03	NIHS	Household enterprises and establishments with less than 5 persons engaged Household-based enterprises in rural and urban areas + non-household based enterprises in rural areas
Zambia	1993	ZHBS	Employees and employers working in private sector enterprises with less than 5 employees and not entitled to paid leave and social security scheme (excluding professionals) + self-employed, unpaid family workers and small scale farmers
Zimbabwe	1993-94	LSHS	Unregistered or unlicensed establishments.
Egypt	1986, 1996	Estab. census	All establishments operating an economic activity
Mauritius	1992, 1997	Est. Census	Small units are defined as those employing less than 10 workers. Only registered units are enumerated: The non-registered are estimated by residual.
Tunisia	1981, 1997, 2002	Enterprise Survey (ENAE)	Non-agricultural economic units without a complete set of accounts and employing 5 paid employees or less

Table Annex 1A2: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at national levels in Asia.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Definitions
ASIA National
India	1999-2000	Mixed/ Combined	All unincorporated household enterprises individually owned or in partnership producing at least some goods or services for the market
India	1999-2000	LFS	All unincorporated household enterprises individually owned or in partnership producing at least some goods or services for the market
Indonesia	1999	LFS	All own-account enterprises working without assistance of other persons, except professionals, administrative and managerial workers, clerical and related workers, all own-account enterprises without or with assistance of family workers or temporary workers in agriculture including employees, all unpaid workers, whatever the occupation
Nepal	1998-99	LFS	Unincorporated or unregistered economic units employing less than 10 paid employees.
Pakistan	1997 1999-00	LFS	All household enterprises owned and operated by own-account workers, irrespective of size + household enterprises owned and operated by employers with less than 10 persons engaged (excluding agriculture and wholly engaged in non market production)
Thailand	1988-2002	LFS	Persons working in establishments with less than 10 persons engaged, excluding employees of government enterprises and governmental organisations
Turkey	2000-03	LFS	Unincorporated non-agricultural economic units, paying lump sum tax or no tax at all and working with less than 10 persons engaged
India	1998	Eco. Census	The ‘unorganised’ sector is defined as comprised of all enterprises (engaged in production and/or distribution of goods and services not for the sole purpose of own household final use) on which no data are collected through administrative records or by some Act. Included are all enterprises other than those belonging to i) the public sector, ii) the corporate sector (including the co-operative sector), and iii) registered under the Indian Factories Act 1948 and covered by the regular Annual Survey of Industries.
Indonesia	1996	Eco Census	All economic units with less than 5 workers in manufacturing, and all economic units which are not legal entities in trade and services
Indonesia	1998	Integrated Survey on Informal Sector (SUSI)	All economic units with less than 5 workers in manufacturing, and all economic units which are not legal entities in trade and services
Japan	1966-2003	Unincorporated Enterprise Survey	Non-agricultural unincorporated enterprises
Bahrain	1996	Residual/ Administrative records	Workers not covered by the Social Insurance System

Table Annex 1A3: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at national levels in Latin America.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Definitions
LATIN AMERICA National
Jamaica	1996	Mixed	Businesses operated by own-account workers or by employers who employ less than 10 workers (not including themselves)
Mexico	1991-1999	Mixed	Unincorporated enterprises which are owned by households, produce all or parts of their goods or services for sale and have 16 or less persons engaged (manufacturing) or 6 or less persons engaged (other branches of activity).
Brazil	1990	LFS (PNAD)	All persons working in non agricultural enterprises with 5 or less persons engaged
Chile	1997	LFS	All enterprises of own-account workers (except professionals) + all contributing family workers + all employed in establishment of 5 persons and less
Costa Rica	2000	LFS	All private enterprises with less than 5 persons, except professionals, clerks and managers, agriculture and paid domestic services
Dominican Republic	1992-1997	LFS	All micro and medium enterprises with 50 or less workers
Ecuador	2000	LFS	All enterprises of own-account workers (except professionals) + all contributing family workers + all employed in establishment of 5 persons and less
Guatemala	1986-89	Socio-demographic survey	Occupied persons working 40 hours or more per week and whose income is less than the minimum salary in the industrial sector
Paraguay	1999	HSS	Employers and employees working in enterprises with 5 or less persons engaged, plus all own-account workers and all unpaid family workers
Peru	1999	HSS	Employers and employees working in enterprises with 5 or less persons engaged, plus all own-account workers and all unpaid family workers
Venezuela	1994-2003	HSS	Persons working in enterprises with 4 or less persons

Table Annex 1A4: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at national levels in transition economies.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Definitions
TRANSITION ECONOMIES National
Georgia	1999	Mixed	All self-employed (employers and own-account ) except those working in agriculture in rural areas, whether they are registered or not, permanent or seasonal, main or secondary activity
Kazakhstan	2001	LFS	Self-employed including own-account workers, employers, contributing family workers
Moldova	2003	LFS	Unincorporated enterprises which are not registered, excluding production for own final use and paid domestic workers
Russia	2001, 2002, 2003	LFS	Unincorporated enterprises which are not registered, excluding production for own final use and paid domestic workers
Ukraine	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002	LFS	Unincorporated enterprises which are not registered, excluding production for own final use and paid domestic workers
Kyrgyzstan	1999	PC	Self-employed including own-account workers, employers, contributing family workers (excluding agriculture)
Poland	1995 1998	Survey on Unregistered Employment (HS)	Self-employed persons engaged in activities which are not registered with tax authorities and persons in paid employment without labour contract and social insurance and not paying personal tax for the income received from the job

Table Annex 1B1: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban levels in Africa.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Definitions
AFRICA Urban
Ethiopia	1996 2003	Mixed	All economic units which are not keeping book of account that show monthly income statement and balance sheet and have less than 10 workers and have not business/enterprise license.
Gambia	1993	HES	Household economic activity operating without bank account and based on the informal nature of the work of the household head
Benin	1992 1998	Estab. Census and survey	All economic units with fixed location and without a complete set of accounts or not registered at the registry of trade, or not registered at the social security funds, plus all economic units without fixed location (mobile and semi-fixed).
Niger	1987	Estab. Census and survey	All non-agricultural establishments which do not hold a complete set of accounts
Mauritania	1992-93	Estab. Census and survey	All non-agricultural establishments without a complete set of accounts

Table Annex 1B2: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban levels in Asia.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Definitions
ASIA Urban
Turkey	2000	Mixed	Unincorporated non-agricultural economic units, paying lump sum tax or no tax at all and working with less than 10 persons engaged
Capital city
Metro-Manila	1995	Mixed	Unincorporated private enterprises with less than 10 persons engaged in main activity/establishment and without a complete set of accounts

Table Annex 1B3: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban levels in Latin America.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Definitions
LATIN AMERICA Urban
Brazil	1997	Mixed (ECINF)	All enterprises of employers with less than 5 employees and all enterprises of own-account workers
Bolivia	1996 1999	LFS MECOVI LSMS	Employment in establishments with 5 or less persons engaged, excluding agriculture, professionals and paid domestic workers All own account workers and contributing family workers + paid employees and employers in establishments with less than 5 persons engaged, excluding agriculture, professionals and paid domestic workers
Ecuador	1990-97	LFS	Persons working in establishments with 5 or less persons engaged
Paraguay	1996	HSS	Employers and employees working in enterprises with 5 or less persons engaged, plus all own-account workers and all unpaid family workers
Uruguay (cities with more than 900)	1996 1997	HSS	Employers and employees working in enterprises with less than 10 persons engaged, plus all own-account workers and all unpaid family workers Employers and employees working in enterprises with less than 6 persons engaged, plus all own-account workers and all unpaid family workers

Table Annex 1B4: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban levels in Transition economies.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Definitions
TRANSITION ECONOMIES Urban
Georgia	1998	LFS	Self-employed persons (employers and own-account workers) working in unregistered or seasonal enterprises as their main or secondary activity, excluding agriculture in rural areas

Table Annex 1C-D1: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at capital city levels in Africa.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Definitions
AFRICA Main urban
Madagascar (7 main cities)	2001	Mixed	All production units not registered with statistical number and/or without a complete set of accounts
Congo (ex Zaïre)	1986	Estab. Census and survey	All non-agricultural establishments with less than 10 workers
Guinea (6 main cities)	1987-88	Estab. Census and survey	All non-agricultural establishments with less than 10 workers
AFRICA Capital cities
Dar es Salaam	1995	Mixed	All private unincorporated enterprises without a complete set of accounts and with less than 11 employees in manufacturing, construction and mining, or less than 6 employees in other activities
Antananarivo	1995	Mixed	All production units not registered with statistical number and/or without a complete set of accounts
Yaounde	1993	Mixed	All production units without statistical number
Abidjan	2002	Mixed	All production unit without a fiscal code number
Bamako	2002	Mixed	All production unit without a fiscal code number
Cotonou	2002	Mixed	All production units without a statistical code number
Lome	2002	Mixed	All production unit without a fiscal code number
Niamey	2002	Mixed	All production unit without a fiscal code number
Ouagadougou	2002	Mixed	All production unit without a fiscal code number
Greater Banjul	1992	LFS	All private economic units which are not registered and employ less than 6 workers or no fixed place of operation

Table Annex 1C3: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban levels in Latin America.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Definitions
LATIN AMERICA Main urban
Mexico (cities with more than 100,000)	1989	Mixed	Unincorporated enterprises with 16 or less persons engaged in manufacturing , or with 6 persons or less in other sectors
Mexico (44 main cities)	1998, 2000	LFS	Employers, own-account workers and unpaid family workers in unincorporated enterprises of small size
Argentina (28 main cities)	1996-2000	LFS	Employment in establishments with 5 or less persons engaged, excluding agriculture, professionals and paid domestic workers
Colombia (10 metropolitan areas)	1984-86-88-90-92-94-96-98-2000	LFS	All enterprises of own-account workers (except professionals) + all contributing family workers + all enterprises of employers with 10 or less persons engaged. Government employees excluded.
Nicaragua (8 main cities)	2000	HSS	All own-account workers, employers, employees and unpaid family workers working in enterprises with less than 5 persons engaged
Uruguay (cities with more than 5,000)	1998 1999 2000	HSS	Employers and employees working in enterprises with less than 5 persons engaged, plus all own-account workers and all unpaid family workers

Table Annex1D3: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at capital city levels in Latin America.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Definitions
LATIN AMERICA Capital city
Rio de Janeiro	1994	Mixed	Unincorporated enterprises with 5 or less employees
Santafé de Bogota	1995	Mixed	Unincorporated enterprises with 10 workers or less in manufacturing and construction, with 5 workers or less in other activities
Gran Buenos Aires	1990	HSS	Persons working in establishments with 5 or less persons engaged. Excluded are employers, own-account workers and unpaid family workers engaged in professional occupations
Lima Metropolitan	1984, 1986 1987 1989 to 1997	HSS	Persons engaged in private enterprises with 9 persons or less engaged in manufacturing and with 4 or less persons engaged in other sectors

Table Annex 2A1: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at national level in Africa.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Legal status	Regis-tration	Accounts	Size	Excluding				Secondary active ties	Age limits
							Agri-culture	Paid domestic workers	Profe-ssionals	Others
AFRICA National
Algeria	2003	Mixed	x		x		x	x				6+
Chad	1995-96	Mixed	x			<10w	x	x			x	6+
Kenya	1999	Mixed	x			10/50w	x	x			x	5+
Mali	1989 1996	Mixed Mixed	x x	X	x	<10e <11w	x x		x		x x	8+ 6+
Morocco	1999-00	Mixed	x		x		x	x				7+
Namibia	2002	Mixed
Niger	1995	Mixed	x	X	x		x					4+
Nigeria	1998	Mixed			x		x and mining					10+
South Africa	2001	Mixed	x	X
Tanzania	1991 2000-2001	Mixed Mixed	x	X	x	<6e <6e or <10e in mining, manufacturing and construction	x except in urban areas x except in urban areas		x except if they met requirements to be included	Enterprises with high technology X except if they met requirements to be included	x	10+ w 15+ op
Algeria	1992, 1997, 2001	LFS	x	(x)		(<5e)	x					6+
Botswana	1985 1995-96	LFS LFS	x	X	x	<5w <11w	x	separate				12+
Egypt	1998	ELMS		X	x
Ethiopia	1999	LFS	x	X		<10e	separate	x				10+
Zimbabwe	1986-87	LFS		X
Ghana	1991-92 1999	GLSS	x				x
Guinea	1991 1994-95	SDA-PS LSHS (EIBC)	x				x
South Africa	1999	OHS		X
Uganda	1992-93 1993-94 2002-03	NIHS				<5w	Separate x	x				8+ 18+by sex
Zambia	1993	ZHBS				<5e			x	All entitled to paid leave and social security		7+
Zimbabwe	1993-94	LSHS				<10w
Egypt	1986, 1996	Est. Census
Mauritius	1992, 1997	Est. Census						x
Tunisia	1981, 1997,2002	Ent. survey	x		x	<6e	x	x				15+

Table Annex 2A2: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at national level in Asia.

Countries

Years

Type of survey

Empl-oyment status

Legal status

Registration

Accounts

Size

Excluding

Secondary activities

Age limits

Agriculture

Paid domestic workers

Professionals

Others

ASIA National

India

1999-2000

Mixed/ Combined

x

x

India

1999-2000

LFS

x

(x)

(x)

x

Indonesia

1999

LFS

x

x

Clerical and administrative workers

Nepal

1998-99

LFS

x

x

<10e

x

15+

Pakistan

1999-00

LFS

x

X (<10)

x

Thailand

1988-2002

LFS

X (<10)

x

13 years and over

Turkey

2000-03

LFS

x

x

x

<10w

x

x

15+

Japan

1996-2003

Unincorporated Enterprise survey

x

(x)

x

x

Bahrain

1996

Residual/ Admi-nistrative records

x

Table Annex 2A3: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at national level in Latin America.

Countries

Years

Type of survey

Empl-oyment status

Legal status

Registration

Accounts

Size

Excluding

Secon-dary activities

Age limits

Agriculture

Paid domestic workers

Professionals

Others

LATIN AMERICA National

Jamaica

1996

Mixed

x

X

<11w

x

14+

Mexico

1991-1999

Mixed

X

<16w in manufac-turing <6w in other branches

x

x

Mining Electricity, gas and water

x

12+

Brazil

1990

LFS

<6

x

x

10+

Chile

1997

LFS

<6

x

x

15+

Costa Rica

2000

LFS

x

<5

x

x

x

Clerks, managers

12+

Dominican Republic

1992-1997

LFS

<50w

mining

Ecuador

2000

LFS

x

<6w

x

x

x

Mining Electricity, gas and water

10+

Guatemala

1986-89

Socio-demographic survey

10+

Paraguay

1999

HSS

x

<6w

x

x

x

x

10+

Peru

1999

LFS

x

<5w

x

14+

Venezuela

1994-2003

HSS

<5w

15+

Table Annex 2A4: Set of criteria used for defining the informal sector at national level in transition economies.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Empl-oyment status	Legal status	Registration	Accounts	Size	Excluding				Secon-dary activities	Age limits
								Agriculture	Paid domestic workers	Professionals	Others
TRANSITION ECONOMIES National
Georgia	1999	Mixed		X				x in rural areas				x
Kazakhstan	2001	LFS	x										Men 16-63 Women 16-58
Kyrgyzstan	1994 1999	Socio-Demographic Survey PC	x x		x			x			Electricity, gas and water
Moldova	2003	LFS		X	x				x			x	15+
Poland	1995, 1998	Survey on unregistered employmentHSS	x	X	x							x
Russia	2001, 2002, 2003	LFS		X	x				x			x	15-72
Ukraine	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002	LFS		X	x				x			x	15-70

Table Annex 2B1: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban levels in Africa.

Countries

Years

Type of survey

Legal status

Regis-tration

Accounts

Size

Excluding

Secondary activities

Age limits

Agriculture

Paid domestic workers

Professionals

Others

AFRICA Urban

Ethiopia

1996 2003

Mixed

(x)

X

x

<10w

Gambia

1993

HES

Benin

1992 1999

Estab. Census and Survey

X

x

X

x

Niger

1987

Estab. Census and Survey

x

X

x

Mauritania

1992-93

Estab. Census and Survey

x

x

x

Table Annex 2B2: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban levels in Asia.

Countries

Years

Type of survey

Legal status

Registration

Accounts

Size

Excluding

Secondary activities

Age limits

Agri-culture

Paid domestic workers

Profe-ssionals

Others

ASIA Urban

Turkey

2000

Mixed

x

x

<10w

x

12+

Capital city

Metro-Manila

1995

Mixed

x

x

<10w

x

Contract workers

x

Table Annex 2B3: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban levels in Latin America.

Countries

Years

Type of survey

Legal status

Registration

Accounts

Size

Excluding

Secondary activities

Age limits

Agriculture

Paid domestic workers

Professionals

Others

LATIN AMERICA Urban

Bolivia (cities with more than 2,000 inhabitants)

1999

MECOVI LSMS

<5w

x

x

x

10+

Brazil

1997

Mixed ECINF

x

<6w

x

x

x

10+

Ecuador

1990-97

LFS

<5w

x

x

5+

Paraguay

1996

HSS

<6w

x

x

x

Public sector

x

10+

Peru

1996, 1997

HSS

<10 manuf. <5 other

x

x

Mining

14+

Uruguay (cities with more than 900)

1996 1997

HSS HSS

<10w <6w

x

14+

Table Annex 2B4: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban levels in transition economies.

Countries

Years

Type of survey

Legal status

Registration

Accounts

Size

Excluding

Secondary activities

Age limits

Agriculture

Paid domestic workers

Professionals

Others

TRANSITION ECONOMIES Urban

Georgia

1998

Mixed

x

x (rural)

x

Table Annex 2C-D1: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at capital city levels in Africa.

Countries

Years

Type of survey

Legal status

Registration

Accounts

Size

Excluding

Secondary activities

Age limits

Agriculture

Paid domestic workers

Professionals

Others

AFRICA Main Urban

Madagascar (7 main cities)

2001

Mixed

x

x

x

x

Congo (ex Zaïre)

1986

Estab. Census and survey

<10w

x

Guinea (6 main cities)

1987-88

Estab. Census and survey

<10w

x

AFRICA Capital city

Dar es Salaam

1995

Mixed

x

x

Antananarivo

1995

Mixed

x

x

x

x

Yaounde

1993

Mixed

x

x

x

x

Abidjan

2002

Mixed

x

x

x

x

Bamako

2002

Mixed

x

x

x

x

Cotonou

2002

Mixed

x

x

x

x

Lome

2002

Mixed

x

x

x

x

Niamey

2002

Mixed

x

x

x

x

Ouagadougou

2002

Mixed

x

x

x

x

Greater Banjul

1992

LFS

x

x

Table Annex 2C3: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at urban levels in Latin America.
Countries	Years	Type of survey	Legal status	Registration	Accounts	Size	Excluding				Secondary activities	Age limits
							Agriculture	Paid domestic workers	Professionals	Others
LATIN AMERICA Main urban
Mexico (cities with than 100,000)	1989	Mixed	x			<16w in manufacturing and <6w in other sectors	x	x		Mining, electricity, gas and water	x	12+
Mexico (44 main cities)	1998, 2000	LFS	x			x	x	x		Mining, electricity, gas and water		12+
Argentina (28 main cities)	1996-2000	HSS				x <6w	x	x	x			14+
Bolivia (capital cities)	1996	HSS				x <5w	x	x	x			10+
Colombia (10 metropolitan areas)	1984-86-88-90-92-94-96-98-2000	HSS				<11w			x	Gov. employees	x	12+
Nicaragua (8 main cities)	2000	HSS				<5w			x	Public sector and religious organisations
Uruguay (cities with more than 5000)	1998, 1999, 2000	HSS				<5w						14+

Table Annex 2D3: Informal sector surveys and definitions used at capital city levels in Latin America.
Countries		Years	Type of survey	Legal status	Registration	Accounts	Size	Excluding					Secondary activities	Age limits
								Agriculture	Paid domestic workers		Professionals	Others
	LATIN AMERICA Capital city
	Rio de Janeiro	1994	Mixed	x			<6e	x		x			x	10+
	Santafé de Bogota	1995	Mixed	x			<11w in manufactur-ing and construction<6w in other activities	x		x	x	Electricity, gas and water, communications		12+
	Gran Buenos Aires	1990	HS				<6w				x
	Lima Metropolitan	1984, 1986 1987 1989 to 1997	HSS				<10w manuf. <5w other	x		x		Mining		14+