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MADAGASCAR: Planning for the Census
L’Express reported on 29 December on preparations for the upcoming census as the Prime Minister installed the coordination committee for the 2011 Population and Housing Census. This census should have taken place in 2009, but was suspended because of the socio-political situation in the country. The Director General of the National Statistics Institute announced that the census will take place from 15-31 August. He also said that as the World Bank funds for the census have been frozen, he needs to look for other financial partners. He said, “UNFPA said that they can't cover the budget for the census but that they can give technical assistance and support for resource mobilization efforts." Read in French: L’Express