What was the purpose of the joint UN monitoring trips?
Supporting the 2009 Census is a key priority for the UN as it gives us the kind of information and data we need to better support the Government in designing and implementing development programmes. Through the monitoring trips we wanted to reinforce the importance of the national census so that more resources are made available by government authorities – thereby helping to ensure the quality data, and subsequent utilisation of census data in development policy and planning efforts. Q: How was monitoring conducted? The UN teams accompanied senior officers from the General Statistics Office and the Census Steering Committee (CSC) to monitor how data was collected. We observed data enumeration at individual households, watched particular groups such as students and migrant workers being interviewed, checked completed questionnaires and interviewed enumerators and their supervisors. Afterwards we shared our observations and recommendations with the CSC to further improve the quality of d
