International Labour Organization (ILO)

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AGENDA 21 CHAPTERS AND PROGRAMME AREAS OF PARTICULAR FOCUS OR INTEREST:
See check list in annex.

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF AND LINKS TO INFORMATION ACTIVITIES:

Data Collection, Observation, Monitoring

Methodologies, Quality Control, Harmonization
Development of guidelines in consultation with national experts and social partners.
Improving poverty monitoring in the rural and urban sectors by examining the relevance and utility of indirect evidence. Developed using agricultural output, prices and wages used as proxy indicators in light of lack of data on annual household income and expenditure and out-of-date data from developing countries.

Assessment and Analysis
Rapid assessment methodology for measuring poverty using succint household questionnaires, cluster sampling of poor households, use of new computer technology and preparation of policy-oriented reports.

Indicators

Modelling

Expert Systems/Decision-support systems

Early Warning Mechanisms

Reports/Information dissemination

Regular publications containing key labour statistics and information about the nature and significance of these data, the on-line system, and customized extracts from the data base in computer readable form.
Monograph: The incidence of poverty in developing countries: An ILO compendium of data.

Network Development and Support

Capacity-Building
Technical assistance to member States for the practical application of standards and the use of the resulting information

Internet Access

http://www.ilo.org/

Responsible Office/Person (for inquiries or follow-up):
Mr Isaac Obadia
Earthwatch focal point
Environment Energy and Human
Settlements
ILO
4 route des Morillons
1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 799 6746
Fax: +41 22 798 8685
obadia@ilo.ch

Date of preparation: August 1994 (contact updated 1997)

ORGANIZATION: International Labour Organization (ILO)