Africa needs new demographic data collection models to better prepare for COVID-19 aftermath
African countries with accurate and up-to-date data and statistics have found it easier to address challenges posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). This observation was made Tuesday during a plenary roundtable on "how to meet the needs for data and statistics to enable a sustainable, inclusive and evidence-based recovery and to build forward better in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and achieve the goals of the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development in Africa”. The event took place virtually as part of the seventh session of the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) which is being held from March 1 to 4, in Brazzaville (Congo). The theme of the seven ARFSD is "Building forward better: Towards a resilient and green Africa to achieve 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063." Policymakers from Malawi, Benin and Ethiopia, and several high-level experts from the statistical, scientific, technological and innovation communities and civil society, also participated in the discussion.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2021-03
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/45658 |
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