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 ...

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 ...

As a rather of urgency, African countries must strengthen their statistical infrastructures as a basis for effective policy-making and planning. In this connection, they are urged to formulate statistical development ...