The report contains technical assistance activities carried out by the United Nations and the six contributors during the period under review.

This report deals with ECA statistical activities since the first session of the Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians and Demographers in March I960. The report was written in August 1981 and any new ...

The Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians and Demographers, acting within the fraiuework of the policies and procedures of the United Nations and subject to the general supervision of the Economic CoEimiscion ...

Le présent document examinera dans les pages qui suivent la structure et le foctionnement des services nationaux de statistiques et discutera de la maninère dont leurs imperfections peuvent être corrigées afin qu'ils ...

This study aims essentially at identifying the areas where basic African economic and social statistics need particular improvement to meet the needs of these far-reaching strategies implied in new international economic ...

The seminar on distributive trades and services statistics was held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission or Africa in Addis Ababa from 13 to 17 November 1978. The seminar was attended by representatives of the ...

This report deals with ECA statistical activities since the second session of the Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians and Demographers. As the - main purpose of these activities is to assist the development ...

The main focus of this paper is on the progress in the implementation of the SNA in the countries of the African region particularly over the last five years, and the uses of the data.

The first section of the paper is devoted to the chief demographic and socio-economic data which must under pin the planning exercise, and their various sources. The second section gives a number of examples of how these ...