This project aims at building greater capacity in 17 African countries to produce, analyse and utilise population estimates and projections using state-of-the-art methods and tools in formal demography. It will also address analysis and dissemination of data through training and use of new information technology tools and platforms. Countries will participate in training activities based on their demand and their capacity to produce the necessary data for population estimates and projections…
Strengthening capacities of developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa to effectively produce and use population estimates and projections in policy-making for sustainable development
Recipients: Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon, Botswana, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
Partners: ECA
Status: Closed
Environmental-Economic Accounting for evidence-based policy in Africa and Asia
As a set of interconnected goals, monitoring and measuring the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals necessitates the use of integrated frameworks. The United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) is an international statistical standard which integrates economic and environmental information into a common framework to measure the contribution of the environment to the economy and the impact of the economy on the environment. The SEEA provides countries with…
Recipients: Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, Indonesia, Philippines
Partners: UNDP, UN Environment, UNESCAP, UNECA
Status: Closed