ABSTRACT
Since it was founded in 1997, WIEGO has recognised that statistics were needed to draw public and policy attention to the size and contribution of the informal economy and the situation of women and men in it and has, therefore, placed the development of these statistics high on its agenda. WIEGO became involved in the community and frameworks of the international statistical system while representing the reality and perspective of informal workers, particularly in the Global South, often countering the strong representation of developed countries. In this effort, WIEGO faced two major challenges. First, the measurement of the informal economy needed to be mainstreamed in labour force and economic statistics. Second, the data produced needed to be disseminated in formats that were easily accessible to researchers, policy-makers and advocates. This chapter described the advances the WIEGO Statistics Programme has made in addressing these challenges.
