Preliminary report on the status of country preparedness for the 2020 round of population and housing census in Africa : country preparedness for 2020 census round undertaking

Abstract

UN Statistical Commission submitted the 2020 World Population and Housing Censuses Program in March 2015 to Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for adoption. The program was adopted by ECOSOC on 5 August 2015 and five major points were endorsed for the 2020 World Program namely: i) authorizing the 2020 round; ii) urging countries to conduct at least one population and housing census within the Program; iii) underscored maintaining internationally recommended quality standards and compliance with fundamental principles of official statistics; iv) emphasized the importance of the program to SDG’s and v) requested the UN to develop standards, methods and guidelines and to monitor the implementation of the World Program.