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Informal Economy Data: Compilation Practices
Informal Economy Reports

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Countries A-E

Reports:

  • Austria: Illegal Drug Trafficking, Smuggling of Cigarettes and Illegal Prostitution in National Accounts and Balance...
  • Belgium: Cross Border Illegal Drugs in the Balance of Payments
  • Belgium: Prostitution Services in the Balance of Payments
  • Belgium: Smuggling of Cigarettes in the Balance of Payments
  • COMESA: Cross Border Initiative
  • ECB: Estimation of Prostitution Services in Europe in the Context of the External Accounts
  • Eurostat: Smuggling of Migrants
  • Eurostat: Trafficking of Arms

Countries F-J

Reports:

  • Greece: Smuggling of Illegal Goods
  • Hungary: Estimation of Drug Distribution and Production in the Hungarian National...
  • Hungary: Estimation of Prostitution Activity in the Hungarian National Accounts
  • Hungary: Estimation of Smuggling Activity in the Hungarian National Accounts
  • Islamic Republic of Iran: Estimations on Smuggling of Goods
  • Israel: Estimates of Expenditures of Israeli Households for On-Line Purchases From Abroad
  • Israel: Services Travel: Expenditures of Foreign Workers 
  • Israel: Compensation of Employees- Foreign Employees in Israel (Including Palestinian Authority Residents)
  • Israel: Flight Tickets Receive as Gift 

Countries K-N

Reports:

  • Kyrgyz Republic: Estimation of White (Light) Oil Reexport
  • Lithuania: Illegal Activities: Prostitution, Smuggling of Tobacco, Smuggling and Production of Illegal Alcoholic Beverages, and Drugs 
  • Malta: Smuggling of Illegal Drugs
  • Moldova: Net Purchases of Foreign Currency in Cash
  • Moldova: Compensation of Employees and Personal Transfers, Inflow of Foreign Cash via Informal Channels 
  • Netherlands: Measuring Illegal Drugs
  • Nigeria: Informal Trade With Neighboring Countries

Countries O-R

Reports:

  • Peru: Workers' Remittances of Peruvians Through Informal Channels
  • Portugal: Tobacco Smuggling and Drug Trafficking
  • Romania: Goods: Illegal Drugs in the International Accounts/Illegal Drugs; Illicit Cigarette/Tobacco Market; Smuggling of Alcohol; and Services: Prostitution
  • Russian Federation: The Russian Practices for Encouraging Coordination Between National Accounts and Balance of Payments to Produce Informal Economy Data
  • Russian Federation: Experience of the Russian Federation in Evaluating Transactions of Individuals, Related to Acquisition of Real Estate Abroad
  • Russian Federation: Estimating Volume of Merchandise Exports and Imports That Are Not Captured in the Customs Statistics
  • Rwanda: Primary Income: Compensation of Employees for Informal Workers
  • Rwanda: Measuring Informal Cross Border Trade Between Rwanda and Her Neighboring Countries

Countries S-Z

Related Links

  • Sweden: Illegal Narcotics in the National Accounts
  • Uganda: The Informal Cross Border Trade Survey
  • United Kingdom: Smuggling of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs
  • United States: Personal Transfers in the U.S. International Accounts
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