CONTINUING COVERAGE ON SWOP 2010 RELEASE
BURKINA FASO: Sidwaya and L’Observateur Paalga reported on 20 February on the Ouagadougou launch of UNFPA’s 2010 State of World Population report. Pascaline Tamini, Minister for the Social Action and the National Solidarity, in the name of the Minister for Finance and Economy, chaired the launch ceremony. UNFPA Representative Dr. Mamadou Kanté said, “The subject of this report is unquestionably interest for Burkina Faso, this is why I invite you to exploit it within the framework of your respective missions so that Burkina is equipped better to face the management of possible catastrophes.”
BANGLADESH: Digital Maps to Be Introduced In Population Census
The News Today reported on 20 February that during a recent census workshop, Planning Minister A.K. Khandker said that digital maps for each and every moujas and area have been prepared for the first time through aerial photography to bring accuracy in the upcoming Population and Housing Census-2011 to be held next month. “Every enumerator and supervisor will be briefed about their respective areas through using these maps,” he said at the Dhaka divisional workshop on census held at the Department of Public Health and Engineering (DPHE) auditorium in Kakrail. The workshop was organized by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The workshop was chaired by Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Moinuddin Abdullah and addressed by Statistics Division Secretary Riti Ibrahim and UNFPA Representative Arthur Erken. Read: The News Today