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Venue
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Seminar Room No. 1
United Services Institute
Rao Tula Ram Marg
Opp. Signal Enclave, Palam Road
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17 May 1999
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09:30 - 10:00
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Registration
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10:00 - 11:00
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Inaugural session
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- 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
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11:00 - 11:30
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Coffee Break
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SESSION I
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Clarification and Operationalisation of the SNA93 international definition for Informal Sector for national accounts and international comparison purposes.
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11:30 - 13:00
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Chairperson: Mr. Jacques Charmes, ORSTOM
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Co-Chairperson: Dr. N.S. Sastry, DG & CEO, NSSO, India
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Rapporteur: Dr.Gulab Singh, Director, NAD, CSO, India
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Papers:
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- What is to be expected from an operative approach to the Informal Sector? Rodrigo Negrete, Mexico
- Issues relating to the international definition of the informal sector and their impact on the international comparability of informal sector statistics - Ralf Hussmanns, ILO
- 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
- Definition of the informal sector and classification proposal - Tatiana Gonzalez Gutierrez with the cooperation of Oscar Franco - Colombo.
- Definition and measurement on the informal sector - Renana Jhabvala, SEWA, India
- Informal sector activities in Rural India - A methodological Study - Jeemol Unni and Paul Jacob GIDR, India
- 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
- Comparative use and usefulness of the cirteria recommended for the definition of the Informal Sector - Jacques Charmes, WEIGO
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13:00 - 14:00
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Lunch
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14:00 - 15:30
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SESSION 1 (Contd.)
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15:30 - 16:00
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Coffee Break
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16:00 - 17:30
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SESSION 1 (Contd.)
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18 May 1999 |
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09.30-11.00
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SESSION I (Contd.)
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11.00-11.30
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Coffee Break
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11.30-13.00
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SESSION I (Contd.)
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13.00-14.00
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Lunch
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SESSION II
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10:00 - 11:30
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Development of strategies to address sample frame and weighting issues in informal sector surveys.
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Chairperson: Mr.Ralf Hussmanns, ILO
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Co-Chairperson : Dr.Vaskar Saha, DDG, SDRD, NSSO, Calcutta (India)
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Rapporteur: Dr. G.M. Boopathy, Director, NSSO, India
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14:00 - 15:30
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Paper :
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- The Nigerias Experience of the Informal Sector Survey : The methodology and the issue of non-sampling errors - O. O. Ajayi & O. O. Akanji, Nigeria
- Evolution of Sampling Frame for Surveys in Unorganised Sectors of Indian Economy - Country Paper, India
- Labour Data in Latin America & Experience of Labour Force Surveys in Pakistan - B. Herman, Netherland
- Surveys concerning informal sector and their use by national accounts systems: some points for discussion - R Negrete, Mexico
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15:30 - 16:00
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Coffee Break
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16.00-17.30
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SESSION II (Contd.)
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19 May 1999
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Session - II (Contd.)
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10:30-10:45
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Coffee Break
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Session - III
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Development of an appropriate methodology for more accurate measures of value-added from informal Sector
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Chairperson : Mr. Oladejo O Ajayi, Nigeria
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Co-Chairperson : Dr. A.C. Kulshreshtra, DDG, CSO, India
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Rapporteur :Dr. V.K. Malhotra, Director, CSO, India
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10:45 - 12:00
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Papers :
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- On Contribution of Informal Sector in Indian Economy - Dr. A. C. Kulshreshtra & Dr. Gulab Singh, NAD, CSO, India
- 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. |
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14:30 - 15:30
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Concluding Session (Contd.)
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Chairperson: Shri M.D. Asthana, Secretary, DOS&PI, India
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Co-Chairperson : Mr. Zia Abbasi, Australia
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Rapporteur : Ms. Du Jeu, ILO
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