In accordance with its 2015 Annual Work Plan, SESRIC organised the training course on ‘Informal Sector Statistics’ at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia on 18-20 November 2015, within the framework of the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme. The course was conducted by Mr. Toto Silitonga, Expert at BPS Provincial Office of South East Sulawesi with participation of relevant officials of DoS.

The course included discussion activities and covers the following topics:

• Introduction to Informal Sector, International Labour Organization (ILO) Concepts.
• Statistics Indicator of Informal Sector
• Measurement Method of Informal Sector
• Street Vendor Census in Jakarta – Indonesia Experience
• Conducting Informal Sector Survey
• Collecting Data of Informal Sector
• Sampling Design for Informal Sector Survey
• The Influence of Informal Sector to Economy Activities
• Estimation Method to GDP
• Analysis of Informal Sector

Sign up for an account at OIC-StatCom Forum (http://forum.sesric.org/) to join the group discussion on the training course on 'Informal Sector' in Malaysia available at: http://forum.sesric.org/?p=42

For other activities of the Statistics and Information Department within the Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/statcab.php