The Addis Ababa Plan of Action for Statistical Development in Africa in the 1990s was formulated by statisticians at the sixth session of the Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians and Demographers in January ...

The Sixties started with a vision of a new Africa free of colonialism. The torch of freedom began in 1957 with Ghana followed by several others in the 1960s, including Nigeria the most populous African country. With ...

As a result of the economic programmes put in place in Africa, and in particular, the structural adjustment programmes, the demand for statistical information has assumed a short-term perspective. Few African countries ...

The GDDS is a system conceived by the IMF (the Fund) to improve the quality of economic, financial, and socio-demographic data in member countries. It is one of the most important strategic projects of the fund in the area ...

The eighth meeting of the Coordinating Committee on African Statistical Development (CASD) took place at the Headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) from 18 to 20 May 1998.

La première réunion du Comité de l'Information pour le Développement (CODI) s'est tenue du 28 juin au 2 juillet 1999, au siége de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA), à Addis-Abeba. Les Etats membres suivants ...

The first part of the Meeting was devoted to a presentation and discussion of the impact of AIDS according to the 1998 Revision of the official United Nations world population estimates and projections (United Nations, ...

At its twenty-ninth session (New York, 11 to 14 February 1997), the Statistical Commission decided that the topic of technical cooperation should be discussed in detail in separate meetings. Accordingly, in April and ...

This document tries to analyze, in a succinct manner, the major challenges confronting Africa in the area of statistical development in the year 2000 and beyond.

The Coordinating Committee on African Statistical Development (CASD) held its Ninth meeting at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa from 24 to 25 June 1999. The meeting was opened by Ms. Karima Bounemra Ben ...