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Arab Population and Housing Censuses (APHC)

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Regional Workshop on Measuring SDG Indicators from Population and Housing Censuses and Civil Registration Data in Arab countries



Population and housing censuses (PHC) have a vital role in the production of official statistics on a wide range of topics. For most countries the census is the only source...

First Workshop on Population Census Preparedness in some Arab countries





At its 36th session in March 2005, the UN Statistical Commission of the United Nations recommends to Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) a resolution on the implementation of the 2010...
Fourth Meeting of the Taskforce on Population & Housing Censuses





 
Purpose and objectives
The meeting will follow up on the recommendations of the Third meeting of the taskforce.  Issues for discussion and...
Second Meeting of the Taskforce on Population and Housing Censuses



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Second Workshop on Population Census Preparedness in some Arab countries







At its 36th session in March 2005, the UN Statistical Commission of the United Nations recommends to Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) a resolution on the implementation of...
Task Force on Population and Housing Censuses, Third Meeting



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Training Workshop on Geographical Information System (GIS) in population Censuses



The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in population censuses is becoming increasingly common.. GIS can be used at several stages pf census taking ,...

Expert Group Meeting on Evaluation of Population Census Data in the Arab Countries



The expert group meeting aims to discuss the quality of census data through the introduction and discussion of several studies and papers on the assessment and evaluation of census data in...

Taskforce Meeting on 2010 Population and Housing Censuses



At its six session held in October 2004, the Statistical Commission called on ESCWA to form ‎a regional taskforce to coordinate efforts in relation to the planning of next round of population ‎...

Use of Administrative Registers in Population and Housing Censuses cover Use of Administrative Registers in Population and Housing Censuses

E/ESCWA/SD/2016/Technical Paper.2

The present paper focuses on the methodology for using administrative registers in conducting population and household censuses, including the central population registry, building and housing...

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Population and Housing Censuses in the Arab Countries: Census Round 2020



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Task Force on Population and Housing Census for Arab Countries in 2020 Census Round, 2nd Meeting



The UN-ESCWA Statistical Committee at its eleventh session, Amman, 4-5 February 2015 asked ESCWA to and its member countries to revive the Task Force on Population and Housing in the...

Arab Population and Housing Censuses



The website of the Arab Population and Housing Censuses (APHC) is a knowledge base of census methodological materials, questionnaires, guidance to countries on implementation population...

Undertaking Population and Housing Census Register-based and combined methodologies  cover Undertaking Population and Housing Census Register-based and combined methodologies

E/ESCWA/SD/2017/Technical Paper.3

The present report outlines the potential use of administrative registers in population and housing censuses. It focuses on the case study of Poland, which conducted a population census in 2011...

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A study of age reporting in selected Arab censuses of population

E/ESCWA/SD/2013/5



A Study of Age Reporting in Selected Arab Censuses of Population is a publication by the Statistics Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). It provides...

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Taskforce on Population and Housing Censuses, 5th Meeting



The Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia (ESCWA) is organizing the fifth meeting of the Task Force on Population and Housing Censuses and will be held during the period from 23 to 24...

Task Force on Population and Housing Censuses in the ESCWA Region, 6th Meeting



The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) with support of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) organized the sixth meeting of the Task Force on Population and Housing...

Webinars on Censuses in Sudan



The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is organizing in cooperation with the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) in Sudan a series of webinars that aim at providing ongoing...

Regional Workshop on the Use of Technology in Population and Housing Censuses in Arab countries





The regional workshop aims at discussing the draft guidelines on the use of electronic data collection technologies in censuses, including the main requirements for making a...

Consultative Workshop on the Planning for Undertaking the Population and Housing Census Using Technology in the Kingdom of Morocco



Population and housing censuses are one of the most complex and costly statistical operations due to the...

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