| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AUC | African Union Commission |
| BPO | business process outsourcing |
| CEPII | Centre d’études prospectives et d’informations internationales |
| CFW | contributing family workers |
| ELMPS | Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey |
| Eora26 | global supply chain database |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GVC | global value chain |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| IBGE | Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) |
| ICLS | International Conference of Labour Statisticians |
| ICSE | International Classification of Status in Employment |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
| ITMF | International Textile Manufacturers Federation |
| ITUC | International Trade Union Confederation |
| KIIbIH | Key Indicators of Informality based on Individuals and their Household |
| KOF | Konjunkturforschungsstelle (Swiss Economic Institute) |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NEET | not in education, employment, or training |
| NGO | non-governmental organisation |
| NHS | National Household Survey |
| OAW | own account worker |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OSH | occupational safety and health |
| PALMS | Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| PNAD | Brazil National Household Sample Survey |
| PPP | purchasing power parity |
| Sida | International Development Cooperation Agency (in Sweden) |
| SME | small and medium-sized enterprise |
| T&C | textiles and clothing |
| TiM | trade in employment |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
| VHLSS | Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey |
| WB | World Bank |
| WIEGO | Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WZB | Berlin Social Science Center |
Informality and Globalisation
In Search of a New Social Contract
