Report: Fifth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee on African Statistical Development (CASD)

Abstract

The fifth meeting of the Coordinating Committee on African statistical Development (CASD) was held at ECA headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The report was presented to CASD by the representative of the World Bank on behalf of the conveners: statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT) and United Kingdom Overseas Development Administration. In presenting the report, the representative referred to the draft questionnaire on statistical Electronic Data Processing (EDP) capacity and Inventory of Related Databases, and observed that there was need for CASD to coordinate and integrate the questionnaires of the CASO Sub-committees being sent to countries.