In a press communiqué, Rwanda’s National Institute of Statistics(NISR) has announced that it will be carrying out fourth national census for 2012.
Statistics instate say that initial work has already started such as preparing detailed maps that enumerators will use to count every household, using some of the latest equipment now widely used to streamline the complex process.
“The Population and Housing census is the most obvious source of comprehensive and disaggregated data to the lowest administrative level,”said Ms. Diane Karusisi, Director General of the National Institute of Statistics in the communiqué.
“The 2012 round will provide updated indicators for monitoring Rwanda Vision 2020, Economic and Development Poverty Reduction Strategy and how the country is achieving the international development goals such as MDGs, ICPD-Programme of Action, NEPAD among others,” she added.
The census is a critical planning tool as it assists policymakers plan for the future in terms of schools, clinics and hospitals, roads, urban infrastructure and more. It will help measure fertility, mortality and spatial distribution, so as to predict future demographic trends.
This will be Rwanda’s fourth population census. The first population census was conducted in August 1978, the second in August 1991, followed by the third in August 2002.
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