Draft report of the Working Group of Consultants on Household Surveys

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lJCONOIUC COOlISSION FOR AFRICA Working Oro~p of Cons~ltants on

Ho~seAold Surveys

Addls Ababa, 11-20 Deoember 1961

DRAFT REPORT OF THE _~ORKING GROUl' OF CONSULTANTS ON HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS

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o!f'°66rlilti:rtari'ts'on;gouilehold Surveys met'at the;',:, BCA

He~dqii~~ier~;8J\.ddi~'ib!b!l.;fr6ilill-20])e'i5eiliMr

^1961. The meeting.'v8 formed e

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"o!' regionll9. eo-opera tion.!1'ordhec .""^[I

develoPDl~nt

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Afrioa;' ttf'blaHfythe objec"Uv.s ,-.I1d, aetl:l.C\de

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of sucp,enquiries under African oonditions'and to 'propoa'8-1II8thCililif ,of',

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developing survey prograliimea slfpart"of tI1e':regula'rvoi''k ofna'tional

e~atietical offices. ' , . J ) V

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2. Partioipante at the'~orkirig Group comprised eleven'~eraon~ofroDl .

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Af:rioan oountries and - twe1"ve reprlllletitati ve8"from ilbll'Ulf Bureau of ,llooi$l

Arf~1~~;"igero~t'~~ieAg:i!ictiH1.lrsorgariisat~on,

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OffiOljl, the 1m Technical Assistanoe Organisation; the, l1niversity College

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of Addie Ababa 'and the _~OA Secretariat. ThIl'd:I.!is·t'·of p&rtic~pante is..

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given in Annex I of thie report. Ie>

3. The meeting wllsopenecf' by Mr. 'Ste'itl. Ro'S-sen,"Ch1ef 'of the . Re.NRIlIL Division, liOA, on behalf of the EXQoutivQ Secre''tary who was away.:£rosa"'$

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Addie Ababa attQndinithe indeperlaehce"&el:ebra-tiona of Tansan;y'1\ar." A:t~.r

W~;p.~~,th'~o~a~t~ciP8.Hts ,·heeii>iliirfe~.!trhai6

thedeoillion ;;0 con-vIm... ^{rt :} the Wo;king Group "had d~igir,:ated:fW.,th'el dlYcussione at 1;he J'irst,and Seoond

Conferences ,of Afrioan

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emphasis on the development of hou~elidJ!d"s'urv&ye"ail one of..,the Dlea,ns qt,

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o111;.il'li~g.1I!?re oomplete, quanti tativa itl1'8~at!oti 'onc'the eoonomi as of"

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Afri!i~J}8g,9i;llJ-trMS,t"_l~lOS\~African coiliittiilil" were nowaotively" oono!lrrlEld wi th the formulation' of plans for econom'1.'t^Val'ld'sooial, denlomlfnt" .,~II-:t

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planning:;w~'i,a~ng.

One of the principal requirements was for more adequate information about the private seotore of economies and, in particular, about those parts.

of the private sectors consisting of individual households, whioh in Africa were responsible for a large proportion of Qconomic activity.

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Mr. ROBsen felt that pe~Bo~.owith,exparienceof survey work in Africa werebllls'!i'cq\l/i,Lifieq.to \ll~k91Gr!i!!lB!D,91!Bg.1t~~onsrelati~ to .th~,<c"

devdopment of work in thiBGti@lq.!-l!,uP!"~lf<,>bjeotives were,probllbly ,

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the most'i1.mportantJ ditlpq.c,,(l;o bfil-,cOn,,;j.dereli.a.t ;tp,~ meeti~ and. the'

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c~'niext,ⁱⁿ imp,~.:t'ta.n~~ .~i;~,ll,j.that, ⁱⁿ reachinghM,o:~~C;!~~ionB

•_'tb.~ii1eelti1lg waUD,:.d· inee<ito takllinto aooount thl1_li}~a,6e,,O't':'~61ci(;lnomicand., .

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Btati13tidal<ie!ll'l~lopment:r;>eaoped i:n diffet~ntPp~t..~~t~~clra.~so to .'

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of the ,li~r\ti1l8iGroU:P""s;~~i.et^as POBSJ.'b~,"lI's9~~~,Jl.etailB^c,~L;~~ d~Bou~s~on8 :wouldb9 iticiol'pOl'll.ted··~l!l/1.:,lllQ:rll eompreher,lBivlI, publip/1.i;ion ,pn household

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~h/1.tthe Gi-oup'oould no.tU:Pllct til solve ';1oH,:PFllbl,lilIllS oo~n~;~~' "tth . the. d8velopment of surveys of this tYPll !le ,expeo.ted th.lltdli"subst/1.ntial.·

oontribution would be made inthiB~1'espeot and.wiBli~~ ^'the partioipant~'

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