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  The Informal Economy:
Statistical Data and Research Findings

Country case study: South Africa

Part 1: 1.Introduction: 2.The Informal Economy, National Economy, and Gender 2.1 Description of data sources  2.1.1 Labour force survey  2.1.2  Time use survey  2.2 The overall shape of the labour market 

Part 2: 2.3 Share of informal employment in the labour force, and main regions and sectors in which informal workforce is concentrated  2.3.1 The shape of the informal sector  2.3.2  Alternative definitions of the informal sector  

Part 3: 2.3.3  Measuring the informal economy 2.4 Insights from the time use survey   2.5 Main export sectors in which informal workforce is concentrated  2.6 Contribution of the informal sector to gross domestic product  2.7 Enterprise level data on micro-unregistered enterprises in the national economy 

Part 4: 3 Characteristics of Various Types of Informal Employment   3.1.1  Defining the scope   3.1.2   Informal sector vs informal economy  3.1.3  Gender   3.1.4  Foreign workers 3.2 Self-employed  3.3 Unpaid family workers  3.4 Domestic workers  3.5 Home- based workers  3.6 Street vendors  4 Additional topics   4.1 Household economy     4.2   Info- rmality, Gender, and Poverty   5 Conclusion   6  References