Informal Economy Data: Compilation Practices - Informal Economy Reports
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Covered informal activities
- Illegal Drug Trafficking
- Smuggling of Cigarettes / Tobacco
- Illegal Prostitution / Prostitution Services
- Cross Border Illegal Drugs
- Smuggling of Migrants
- Trafficking of Arms
- Smuggling of Alcohol / Production of Illegal Alcoholic Beverages
- Estimation of Drug Distribution and Production
- Net Purchases of Foreign Currency in Cash
- Workers' Remittances Through Informal Channels
- Informal Trade With Neighboring Countries
- White (Light) Oil Reexport
- Expenditures for On-Line Purchases From Abroad
- Services Travel: Expenditures of Foreign Workers
- Compensation of Employees for Foreign/Foreign Employees/Informal Workers
- Primary Income: Compensation of Employees for Informal Workers
- Estimating Volume of Merchandise Exports and Imports Not Captured in Customs Statistics
- Personal Transfers in the U.S. International Accounts
Country-specific reports and case studies (selected titles)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Regional and institutional studies
- 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
Cross-border, trade, and balance of payments focus
- Multiple reports address cross-border trade and external account implications, including:
- Cross Border Illegal Drugs
- Smuggling of Cigarettes / Tobacco and Alcohol
- Estimating merchandise exports and imports not captured in customs statistics
- Informal cross border trade surveys and initiatives
- Net purchases of foreign currency in cash and inflow of foreign cash via informal channels
Labor, remittances, and household expenditures
- Reports examine:
- Compensation of Employees (foreign employees, informal workers, including Palestinian Authority residents)
- Personal Transfers and Workers' Remittances through informal channels
- Expenditures of households for on-line purchases from abroad
- Services travel expenditures of foreign workers
- Flight tickets received as gifts
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