Statistics
ESCAP Statistical Newsletter, 2nd Quarter, 2008
Content
Re-establishment of the Committee on Statistics
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#Committee_on_Statistics
The ESCAP Commission at its last Session held in Bangkok on 24-30 April 2008, adopted Resolution 64/1 ( http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/Resolution64-1.pdf)on โRestructuring of the conference structure of the Commission,โ which re-established the Committee on Statistics. The first session of the Committee is tentatively scheduled to take place on 15-17 December 2008.
Use of information technology in population and housing censuses in the region http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#use_of_IT
The article looks at the use of technology in the region in all phases of population and housing censuses on the basis of the Survey on Population and Housing Censuses in Asia and the Pacific in August 2007 and to which forty national statistical offices (NSOs) responded. It includes an announcement of the โWorkshop on Census Data Capture and Editingโ from 15 โ 19 September 2008.
Voices of the Region - Interview with Mr Kuenga Tshering, Director, National Statistics Bureau, Bhutan, on the challenges of collecting disability data in his country. http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#Voices_of_the_region
Statistics Division Meetings/Training Workshops
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#SD_Meetings_Workshops
This section provides a summary on three workshops conducted this quarter:
Workshop on Managing Disclosure Risk and Anonymization Tools for
Microdata Dissemination, Bangkok, 28โ30 May 2008
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#WS_Microdata
Workshop on Informal Employment and Informal Sector Data Collection
II: Evaluation, Processing and Utilization of Data from โ1-2โ
Surveys, Bangkok, 14โ16 May 2008
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#WS_Informal_Sector
Workshop on Promoting Disability Data Collection through the 2010
Population and Housing Censuses, Bangkok, 8โ10 April 2008
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#WS_Promoting_Disability
SIAP Meetings/Training Workshops
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#SIAP_Meetings_Workshops
This section provides a summary on five workshops conducted this quarter:
Fourth Regional Course on Poverty Measurements, Jakarta, 6-16 May
2008
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#4th_Regional_Course_Jakarta
Country Course on International Migration, Dushanbe, 21โ25 April 2008
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#Country_Course_Dushanbe
Sub-regional Course on Labour Force and Manpower Projections, Hong
Kong, China, 7โ11 April 2008
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#Sub_regional_Course_HK
Introduction to STATA software, distance-learning training course,
Cambodia and India, 1โ9 April 2008
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#Stata_Cambodia_India
Third Group Training Course in Modules on Fundamental Official
Statistics, Chiba, Japan, 29 September 2007 - 14 March 2008
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#3rd_Training_Course_Chiba
Missions undertaken by Staff
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#Missions
Staff movement (2nd Quarter 2008)
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#staff_movement
Publication and data release (2nd Quarter 2008)
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#Publication_Data_Release
CD ROM Version of the Training Manual on Disability Statistics
Visitors to ESCAP Statistics Division, April - June 2008
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#Visitors
Meetings and training courses of Statistics Division and SIAP, 2008
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#Meetings_ESCAP
Other forthcoming statistical meetings in the ESCAP region, 2008
http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp#Other_meetings
Please read more from : http://www.unescap.org/stat/nl/nl-Q2-2008.asp
By: UNESCAP/Statistics Division
When: 7/2/2014