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inspectors, there is no official definition for a “sufficient” number of inspectors.
Amongst the factors that need to be taken into account are the number and
size of establishments and the total size of the workforce. No single measure
is sufficient but in many countries the available data sources are weak. e
number of inspectors per worker is currently the only internationally comparable
indicator available. In its policy and technical advisory services, the ILO has
taken as reasonable benchmarks that the number of labor inspectors in relation to
workers should approach: 1/10,000 in industrial market economies; 1/15,000 in
industrializing economies; 1/20,000 in transition economies; and 1/40,000 in less
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the world into one of three broad categories: developed economies, economies
in transition, and developing countries. e composition of these groupings
is intended to reflect basic economic country conditions. Several countries (in
particular the economies in transition) have characteristics that could place them
in more than one category; however, for purposes of analysis, the groupings
have been made mutually exclusive. e list of the least developed countries
is decided upon by the United Nations Economic and Social Council and,
ultimately, by the General Assembly, on the basis of recommendations made by
the Committee for Development Policy. e basic criteria for inclusion require
that certain thresholds be met with regard to per capita GNI, a human assets
index and an economic vulnerability index. For the purposes of the Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor Report, “developed economies” equate to the
ILO’s classification of “industrial market economies; “economies in transition” to
“transition economies,” “developing countries” to “industrializing economies, and
“the least developed countries” equates to “less developed countries.” For countries
that appear on both “developing countries” and “least developed countries” lists,
they will be considered “least developed countries” for the purpose of calculating a
“sufficient number” of labor inspectors.
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