Monitoring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work in Bangladesh

Elements of theDecent Work AgendaSafe workenvironmentIndicatoridentifierEQUA-5Indicator (M = main indicator, A = additional indicator,C = context indicator; all indicators marked ‘S’ shouldalso be disaggregated by sex.)occupation) to be developed by the OfficeA – Measure for discrimination by race / ethnicity / ofindigenous people / of (recent) migrant workers / of ruralworkers where relevant <strong>and</strong> available at the national level.Data availabilityUnavailableSAFE-1 M – Occupational injury rate, fatal Estimated in DIFE <strong>and</strong> in DWIPilot Survey (2005) reportSAFE-2 A – Occupational injury rate, non-fatal Estimated in DIFE <strong>and</strong> in DWIPilot Survey (2005) reportSAFE-3 A – Time lost due to occupational injuries UnavailableSAFE-4A – Labour inspection (inspectors per 10,000 employedpersons)Social security SECU-1 M – Share of population aged 65 <strong>and</strong> above benefiting from apension (S)Social dialogue,workers <strong>and</strong>employers’representationEconomic <strong>and</strong> socialcontext fordecent workEstimable from DIFE staff data &LFS dataPartly available from the recordsin the Department of SocialServices (Ministry of SocialWelfare)SECU-2 M – Public social security expenditure (% of GDP) Estimated in DWI Pilot Survey(2005) report, <strong>and</strong> estimable fromdata in National Revenue Budgetof Ministry of Finance <strong>and</strong>National Accounts by BBSSECU-3SECU-4A – Health-care exp. not financed out of pocket by privatehouseholdsA – Share of population covered by (basic) health careprovision (S)Available in the records of theMinistry of Health <strong>and</strong> FamilyWelfareAvailable in the records of theMinistry of Health <strong>and</strong> FamilyWelfareDIAL-1 M – Union density rate (S) Estimable from DOL dataDIAL-2 M – Enterprises belonging to employer organization [rate] Estimable from BEF dataDIAL-3 M – Collective bargaining coverage rate (S) Estimable from DOL dataDIAL-4M – Indicator for Fundamental Principles <strong>and</strong> Rights at Work(Freedom of Association <strong>and</strong> Collective Bargaining) to bedeveloped by the OfficeUnavailableDIAL-5 A – Strikes <strong>and</strong> lockouts/rates of days not worked Estimated from DOL dataCONT-1 C – Children not in school (% by age) (S) Estimated in DWI Pilot Survey(2005) report <strong>and</strong> BangladeshMICS surveyCONT-2CONT-3CONT-4C – Estimated % of working-age population who are HIVpositiveC – Labour productivity (GDP per employed person, level <strong>and</strong>growth rate)C – Income inequality (percentile ratio P90/P10, income orconsumption)Estimable from BangladeshDemographic <strong>and</strong> Health SurveyEstimable from NationalAccounts <strong>and</strong> LFS dataEstimated in HIES reportCONT-5 C – Inflation rate (CPI) Estimated in National AccountsCONT-6 C – Employment by branch of economic activity Estimated in LFS reportCONT-7C – Education of adult population (adult literacy rate, adultsecondary-school graduation rate) (S)Estimable from LFSCONT-8 C – Labour share in GDP Unavailable21