Third  Meeting  of  the  Expert Group

17-19 May, 1999

 

 DETAILED   AGENDA

  

Venue

Seminar  Room No. 1  
United Services Institute  
Rao Tula Ram Marg  
Opp. Signal Enclave, Palam Road

17 May 1999

09:30 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 11:00  Inaugural  session
  • Welcome by Shri Vishnu Kumar, DDG, CSO, India
  • Key Note address by Shri M. D. Asthana, Secretary,

  • Department of Statistics & Programme Implementation, India
  • Vote of thanks  by Shri R.L.Narasimhan, CSO, India
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
SESSION I
Clarification and Operationalisation  of the SNA93 international  definition for Informal Sector for national  accounts and international comparison purposes.
11:30 - 13:00 Chairperson : Mr. Jacques Charmes, ORSTOM
Co-Chairperson : Dr. N.S. Sastry, DG & CEO, NSSO, India
Rapporteur : Dr. Gulab Singh, Director, NAD, CSO, India
Papers:
  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-circulted for discussion) - Zia Abbasi, Australia
  4. Definition of the informal  sector and classification proposal  - Tatiana Gonzalez Gutierrez with the cooperation of Oscar Franco - Colombo.
  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 informatl sector and a proposal of a harmonized definition for international reporting - Brigitte du Jeu, ILO
  8. Comparative use and usefulness of the cirteria recommended for the definition of the Informal Sector - Jacques Charmes, WEIGO
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 SESSION 1 (Contd.)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30 SESSION 1 (Contd.)

18 May 1999

09.30-11.00  SESSION I (Contd.) 
11.00-11.30  Coffee Break 
11.30-13.00  SESSION I (Contd.) 
 13.00-14.00  Lunch
SESSION II 
10:00 - 11:30 Development  of strategies to address sample frame and weighting issues in informal sector  surveys.
Chairperson      : Mr. Ralf Hussmanns, ILO
Co-Chairperson : Dr. Vaskar Saha, DDG, SDRD, NSSO, Calcutta (India)
Rapporteur        : Dr. G.M. Boopathy, Director, NSSO, India
14:00 - 15:30 Paper :
  1. 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
  2. Evolution of Sampling Frame for Surveys in Unorganised Sectors of Indian Economy - Country Paper, India
  3. Labour Data in Latin America & Experience of Labour Force Surveys in Pakistan - B. Herman, Netherland
  4. Surveys concerning informal sector and their use by national accounts systems : some points for discussion - R Negrete, Mexico
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16.00-17.30 SESSION II (Contd.)

19 May 1999

Session - II (Contd.)
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
Session - III
Development of an appropriate methodology for more accurate measures of value-added from informal Sector
Chairperson          : Mr. Oladejo O Ajayi, Nigeria
Co-Chairperson     : Dr. A.C. Kulshreshtra, DDG, CSO, India
Rapporteur            :  Dr. V.K. Malhotra, Director, CSO, India
10:45 - 12:00 Papers :
  1. On Contribution of Informal Sector in Indian Economy  - Dr. A. C. Kulshreshtra & Dr. Gulab Singh, NAD, CSO, India 
  2. Note on value added in Informal Sector - Lourdes Ferran, Venezuela
Presentation of Summary of Recommendations : Ralf Hussmanns, ILO,  
Valedictory  Address by Chairperson of the Group.
14:30 - 15:30 Concluding Session (Contd.)
Chairperson          :  Shri M.D. Asthana, Secretary, DOS&PI, India
Co-Chairperson    : Mr. Zia Abbasi, Australia
Rapporteur           : Ms. Du Jeu, ILO