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This paper focuses on the measurement of decent work and, more specifically, how progress towards decent work can be monitored at the country level.

It starts with a discussion on the implications of the International Labour Organization's (ILO) 'Decent Work Agenda' for the measurement of decent work, and emphasises that rights at work are relevant to all aspects of the Agenda. On the basis of this discussion, it concludes that two types of information are needed to monitor progress towards decent work at the country level:

• Statistical indicators and information on rights at work
• The legal framework for decent work.

The paper takes stock of several existing suggestions for decent work indicators. The suggestions are driven by the goal to keep the framework simple,  while reflecting the full spectrum of the Decent Work Agenda. They represent a compromise between ambition and what is feasible in the short run. The paper also explores the scope for embedding statistical indicators with information on rights at work.

The paper contains four appendix tables that provide additional information. The first one cross-references different proposals that have been made in the past for statistical indicators, and the second lists detailed comments on these indicators. The third table provides information on data availability for indicators, while the fourth contains proposals for a template on rights at work and the legal framework for decent work.

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