Needs Assessment Conference on Census Analysis for Asia Support to In-Depth Census Analysis: Experiences with African countries Keiko Osaki-Tomita Needs Assessment Conference on Census Analysis for Asia 23-25 November 2011

Background Increased recognition on the importance of statistics for policy making and monitoring. Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics (2004) Good statistics are seen as an integral part of good governance. Address the needs of developing countries to strengthen statistical capacity to produce, analyze and disseminate data. capcity

Background 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme (launched in 2005) Recognize PH census as one of the main sources of data for effective development planning and objective decision-making. More opportunities for Africa to utilize census data. All but 2 states had/will conduct a census during the 2010 round.

Period: 3 years (January 2010 to December 2012) Project “Strengthening National Capacity to Analyze, Present and Disseminated Data for Evidence-based Policy Making” Period: 3 years (January 2010 to December 2012) Resources: Contribution from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Executing agency: UNSD Targets: Countries in the African continent where the processing of census data has been completed.

Objectives of the project To facilitate fuller utilization of census data and enhance in-house capacity of NSOs to analyze them. To facilitate better collaboration between NSOs (producers) and local research institutes/other government offices (users).

Activities Planned under the Project National training programmes for NSO staff Preparation of analytical publications Regional/Sub-regional seminars (2012) Study visits Advisory services 6

Areas in Need of In-depth Analysis Maternal mortality Gender analysis Internal/international migration Urbanization Poverty analysis/poverty mapping Population projections at lower levels Others

Thematic In-Depth Analysis of Census Data Egypt Malawi Ethiopia Burkina Faso Liberia Kenya May 2010 July 2010 Mar-July 2011 Nov.2011 Dec. 2011 March 2012 1.Aging 2.Internal migration 3.Pop. Projection (sub-national) 4.Urbanization 5.Youth Fertility & nuptuality 1. Fertility 2. Mortality 3. Housing 4. Elderly 1. Pop. Projection (Municipal level) 2. Internal migration 3. Education characteristics 1. Youth & migration 2. Employment & education 3. Poverty analysis 1. International migration 2. Gender analysis 3. Pop. Projection (sub-national/ sectorial)

Challenges Varying level of interests in analysis by NSO Conflicts in schedule with other surveys, events Sustainability of momentum/continued engagement beyond project Limited availability of local experts Lack of appropriate training materials (MM, population projection, etc) Varying level of collaboration with local research institutes

Challenges (cnt’d) Differences in research outcomes, compared to other sources of data Applicability of skills/knowledge gained to other activities Multiple organizations to support census analysis Limited resources to support census data analysis, compared to needs in the region Limited opportunities among countries to exchange experiences in census data analysis

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