The PRELAB network includes academic and development organisations, all with a major focus on informality and development, to: 1) train researchers in methodologies to measure informality in a global perspective; 2) conceptualise ways to apply qualitative and quantitative methodologies that were successfully used in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to our target countries in the Asia Pacific region; 3) produce a consistent narrative on how to measure and tackle informality in emerging economies; and 4) engage with policymakers and business actors, in addition to the scientific community, to identify ways to apply these approaches to development practice worldwide.

An der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa koopiert Prelab vor allem mit dem SFB "Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik".