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UNFPA Africa Region’s experience in using IMIS based REDATAM for the dissemination of census data

This presentation discusses the use of IMIS-based REDATAM for the dissemination of census data in the Africa region. It covers the characteristics of REDATAM, its implementation in SSA, and the benefits of using IMIS for data processing and analysis. The presentation also highlights the vision of IMIS as a reliable national data source and the outputs and products it offers. Furthermore, it mentions the benefits, partners, and institutions involved in the IMIS implementation, as well as the need for policy support and data linking.

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UNFPA Africa Region’s experience in using IMIS based REDATAM for the dissemination of census data

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  1. UNFPA Africa Region’s experience in using IMIS based REDATAM for the dissemination of census data United Nations RegionalSeminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Nairobi, 4-17 September 2010. Boubacar Sow, Ph.D., TechnicalAdviser, SRO/WCA/Dakar

  2. Outline of thepresentation • What is REDATAM? • Characteristics of REDATAM • The Vision of IMIS • Outputs and Products • Benefits of IMIS • Implemenation of IMIS in SSA • Conclusions

  3. What is REDATAM+SP? (1/3) • REDATAM acronym for REtrieval of census DATa for small Areas by Microcomputers. • It was originally (early eighties) developed at CELADE (Latin American Demographic Center/Population Division of ECLAC, United Nations) to promote access to census micro data.

  4. What is REDATAM+SP? (2/3) It’s a database management tool that administrates large volumes of census It was developed to promote access to and analysis of census and other data for informed decision making for sectoral and local development programmes and policies

  5. What is REDATAM+SP? (3/3) How? • by facilitating the NSO dissemination of microdata (taking into account confidentiality issues), graphical appearance, maps & web platform • by providing the end users with a user friendly and fast software for processing large volumes of data

  6. Characteristics of REDATAM (1/2) • Administrates Hierarchical databases • Data stored in internal format (no access to individual or household records) • User friendly software • Highly Compressed database • Fast data processing • Multisectoral databases (combining several databases) • User can define geographical area to be processed

  7. Characteristics of REDATAM (2/2) • Exportation of results to other software (Excel, ASCII, GIS) • Thematic mapping & Graphs • External data can be accessed • On-line Help • Web Applications development • Access on-line databases and processing (Redatam Web Server)

  8. Create Process REDATAM+SP FAMILY EIM & EIF Demographic modules GINI module WebServer xPlan

  9. For further information visit : www.cepal.org/celade You can download Redatam+SP for free

  10. The Vision of IMIS A reliable one-stop shop national data source with multiple purposes including generation of indicators for monitoring development programmes and the MDGs

  11. Outputs and products • Integrated statistical database • Web-based database (intranet/internet) • Set of relevant indicators at national and decentralized levels • Large number of partners using the database (rapid and easy access) • By-products : • harmonization of methodologies of data collection, processing and analysis • Preservation and dissemination of data.

  12. IMIS BENEFITS 1/2 • easy and rapid access to voluminous micro and macro data • compatibility with most usual software • export to dissemination software such as DevInfo • Security : data stored in compressed encrypted format

  13. IMIS BENEFITS 2/2 • Original file no longer needed, hence removing the fear to share original data • Selection of universe and a combination of geographical areas for specific analysis • Enhancement of existing data systems • Assistance to NIS to play its role of repository of statistical data

  14. IMIS partners • SS Africa :Kenya, Cameroon, Ghana, Mauritius , Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cap-vert, Burundi, Gabon, Central African Republic, Burkina, Eritrea, Uganda, Bénin, Madagascar , Niger, Comoros, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Guinée Bissau, Malawi, Sao Tome, Botswana, The Gambia, …. • Regional Institutions : CELADE, IFORD, ADB, ENSEA, ISSP, RIPS, AFRISTAT

  15. Implementation of IMIS • Cameroon • http://www.statistics-cameroon.org • Uganda • http://www.ubos.org or http://celade.cepal.org/ubos/ • http://groups.google.com/group/Redatam Africa/ • etc

  16. Conclusions • Technology is facilitating the expansion and diversification of use of census data. • But policy decisions remain a major constraint in expanding access to census data. • Finally, there is a need to support linking of census data with other complementary sources through.

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