on a regular basisiactivities, such asfor data on the situatlon international spec iali sts (f) Pronoting the exploitation of existlng data archives r,rittr a view todeveloping new tabulations of existing data.A/40/707 Engl ish Page 11 35. Furthernore. a number of specific areas were itlentified uhere research and testing leadlng to improved statistical concepts and nethods were particularly inportant. These are: (a) lntra-housebold lncome distributiont (b) nomenIs Pa;ticipation ln the agricultural labour forcei (c) ttonents work in the informal sectori (d) tltte allocationi (e) valuation of non{onetary incott€ and consunption' as well as houseeorki (f) training outside the reqular education systent and (9) householats and fanilies (type, conposition' etc.). 36. Taking into account the energing priorities since its last rePort to the General AssenbLy (A/38/406, annex), the Instieute. in keeping r|'ith its node of operatlon - netBorking - carrled out activities in co-operation ltitb UNSO and other Untted Nalions bodi.es and aqencies r,rith uhich extensive consultations l|,ere held for the ldentification of specific priority areas. 31 . In co-operatlon rdi.th tbe Econonic Connission for EuroPe (ECE), an expert meetlng on statistlcs and lndicators on the role and sltuation of ltomen was held at Geneva f rorn l1 to 14 March 1985. The Conference of European Statisticians decided at its thirty-first ard thirty-second pl"enary session in 198? and 1983, r€spectlr,ely, to convene a rneeting on statistics and indicators on the role and situatlon of uonen. iolntly t{ith INSTRAT{ in 1984,/85. 38. The neeting, which was attended by participants fron l'8 countries and a nunber of United Nattons bodies and other international organizations' considered four nain areas: (a) data sources used to obtain statiBtics on uoneni (b) adeguacy of existlng claasification schenes for statistics on vronen i (c) concePtual and nethodological problens and issuesi (d) recent and planned fucure inprovenents in
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to the development of statistical concepts and methods, particularly in the fields of income distribution, labor force, and household dynamics. It mentions international cooperation and organizations, such as the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), which suggests that the topic is international in scope. The text also touches on issues related to women's participation in the labor force and household dynamics, which could be related to issues of employment and education.

**Category**
Economic development, Employment