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PRIORITY OPERATIONAL RESEARCH FOR CENSUS COST SAVING STRATEGIES: CO-OPERATIVE RELAY CENSUSES

PRIORITY OPERATIONAL RESEARCH FOR CENSUS COST SAVING STRATEGIES: CO-OPERATIVE RELAY CENSUSES Harry A. Freedman Statistics Canada & Central Statistics Office of Zambia. CENSUS REQUIREMENTS. Meticulous planning Adequate financing Adequate time to operationalise plans

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PRIORITY OPERATIONAL RESEARCH FOR CENSUS COST SAVING STRATEGIES: CO-OPERATIVE RELAY CENSUSES

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  1. PRIORITY OPERATIONAL RESEARCH FOR CENSUS COST SAVING STRATEGIES: CO-OPERATIVE RELAY CENSUSES Harry A. Freedman Statistics Canada & Central Statistics Office of Zambia

  2. CENSUS REQUIREMENTS • Meticulous planning • Adequate financing • Adequate time to operationalise plans • Well-trained, disciplined & dedicated personnel • Detailed geographic intelligence • Logistical expertise & equipment • Good questionnaire • Sound processing system • Flexible tabulation and dissemination system

  3. DIFFICULTIES • Time between Censuses • Competition for financing • Spiraling costs • Scarcity of skilled personnel • Tendency to underestimate time and training required

  4. SOLUTION • Innovative ways of cutting costs while maintaining or improving quality and timeliness • How? • Improve planning • Improve training • Introduce economies of scale • Recycle

  5. CONSORTIUM OF ROLLING CENSUSES • The more countries that pool their census efforts the greater the potential for savings • The greater the similarity at each census phase, the fewer surprises and the greater the savings • Each iteration of a process that a statistician participates in re-enforces skill and increases the probability of skill retention

  6. ROLLING CENSUS SCHEMA

  7. TRAINING MODEL • Master (skilled in specific census operation) • Journeyman (knowledgeable) • Apprentice (unskilled but keen to learn)

  8. TRAINING MODEL - 2 • Each census phase managed by a Master • if country does not have a Master for a stage it will have a Journeyman or several Apprentices who will be the senior country person/people and responsible for phase execution • When phase completed, preparations made to shift to next country; if Journeyman has mastered the operation, (s)he replaces former Master, etc.

  9. TOOLS AND MATERIAL • Tools and materials developed for Country A would be adapted for Country B rather than re-developed; lessons learned from A would be incorporated into strategy for B (e.g. Questionnaire, Procedures, Manuals) • Expensive specialty hardware could be shared

  10. POTENTIAL IMPEDIMENTS • Model needs research and development • Potential consortia members need to have some things in common (e.g. language, culture, proximity) • Statistical offices need to agree to form consortia • Donors have to provide incentives for consortia

  11. OUTCOME • More skill development and retention • Better quality censuses • Lower cost per census

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