Measuring the informal economy: taking up the challenge -- Statistics relating to the informal economy -- Statistics on developed countries -- Specific groups of urban informal workers -- Future directions for measuring the informal economy

This publication provides, for the first time, direct measures of informal employment inside and outside informal enterprises for 47 countries. It also presents statistics on the composition and contribution of the informal economy as well as on specific groups of urban informal workers

Wesentliches Ziel des seit 1995 rechtsgültigen GATS-Vertrages (General Agreement on Trade in Services) ist die "fortschreitende Liberalisierung" sämtlicher Dienstleistungsmärkte. Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, wird seit 2000 eine weitere Liberalisierung verhandelt. Die vorliegende Studie lotet...