The establishment of a statistical database on migration

Abstract

Migrations modify regional rates of population growth and after the regional distribution of the country’s population. Indeed, the movement of population is a topic of direct interest for policy, planning and programming purposes because of its interaction with other demographic forces and its affects upon the socio-economic development. Given the importance of the subject, an assessment of the quantitative aspects of migration in African and hence, the establishment of a statistical data base on internal and international migrations is desirable.