In order to assess the role played by policies in informal sector development the International Labour Organization initiated a series of studies on policies and their impact on the urban informal sector in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper reviews the evidence from Zimbabwe...

Introduction -- Concepts, definitions and sub-classifications of informal sector and informal employment -- Measurement objectives and methods of data collection -- Household surveys on informal sector employment and other types of informal employment -- Establishment surveys and censuses --...