The United Nations Statistical Commission, at its twentysixth session held in 1991, after considering a report on the state of the civil registration and vital statistics systems that pointed out their stagnation in the ...

La formulation de la politique économique en général et de la planification en particulier exige des moyens d'évaluation ainsi que des instruments qui permettent de vérifier la réalisation des objectifs. Les moyens ...

The Central Bureau of-Statistics (CBS) in Kenya, has in the past two years devoted considerable resources into the development of Social Statistics. The effort has been directed towards enhancing CBS’s capacity to extend ...

The expert consultation on a System of socio economic Indicators for African Planners was held at ECA Headquarters, Addis Ababa, from 23 to 27 January 1984, The meeting was opened by Mr. W. M. Wamalwa, officer Charge of ...

For the formulation of economic policy in general and for planning in particular, instruments of evaluation are required as well as tools to verify the attainment of targets. The instruments must be perfected and refined ...

The paper deals about Monitoring human and social indicators in the adjustment process, Food and nutrition surveillance.

Within the past two decades, social scientists,, statisticians and policy makers have shown interest in the development of a new set of statistics—social indicators. This trend is partly a response to the new thinking that ...

In the light of the changes that have recently taken place or are emerging in the world and in Africa, there can be no maintaining any illusions about the centralized planning methods and practices used in Africa since the ...

The important role of information in all walks of everyday life has long been recognized. Various types of information compilation form the very basis of any research, analysis, inferences and policy planning consequently, ...