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REGIONAL EXPERIENCES OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH AFRICA. By Richard Dackam Ngatchou UNFPA CST Dakar. UNFPA CST Role. Desk review to identify common problems within the region Publication on Strategies for Reducing Census Costs – UNFPA/TSS Task Force Group, 1996
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REGIONAL EXPERIENCES OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH AFRICA By Richard Dackam Ngatchou UNFPA CST Dakar
UNFPA CST Role • Desk review to identify common problems within the region • Publication on Strategies for Reducing Census Costs – UNFPA/TSS Task Force Group, 1996 • Organizing Regional Workshops to solve common problems within the region • Promoting South/South Cooperation
Regional Workshop • 1997 Geographic Information System (GIS) • 1998 Data processing IMPS • 1999 Managing Census Process • Analysis/Tabulation Plan • Utilization of Census Output (Data, Result) • 2000 Post Enumeration Survey (PES)
South/South Cooperation • Senegal & Cape Verde • Cameroon & Chad • Cameroon & Equatorial Guinea • CAR & Chad
Using Regional Institute of Population Training • Institut de Formation et de Recherche Demographiques (IFORD) • Demographic analysis training - focus on census data • On the job training • Thematic analysis • Final analysis workshop (assessment of analysis draft report)
The Way Forward • Operational Research on Reducing Census Costs • Sharing experiences on new thematic areas • Children • Ageing • Women • Indirect measurement of poverty (Region/Household) • In-depth analysis • Using census results