Population Census

It is well known that Mozambique is characterized by wide variations in socio-economic indicators across provinces. According to available statistics, such differences have decreased in recent years. There has been great progress in both primary and secondary enrollment rates the last decade; however, which areas have made the greatest progress, and which areas are still lacking behind? Infant mortality rates fell the last decade, but where did they decline the most, and where are they still high? This atlas provides maps and illustrations that give insights into these aspects and many more. It does so by showing a range of social and economic statistics at the level of administrative posts. For most of the indicators it includes maps which show the situation in 1997 and in 2007. In addition some of the maps specifically illustrate the change over the decade. Overall the atlas provides a fascinating snapshot of recent socio-economic changes in Mozambique.

The island of Puerto Rico has both a high population density and a long history of ineffective land use planning. This study integrates geospatial technology and population census data to understand how people use and develop the lands. We define three new regions for Puerto Rico: Urban (16%), Densely Populated Rural (36%), and Sparsely Populated Rural (48%). Eleven percent of

Yemen Economic Update is a quarterly report that consists of five sections. The first section highlights major economic and policy developments. The second section provides "flash indicators" for key economic variables that are available on a monthly or quarterly basis from the Government of Yemen. The third section uses different data sources to compare one development indicator in Yemen with other countries in the MENA region and countries with similar GDP per capita and population. The fourth section summarizes new legislation, publications, data, conferences, and donor activities. The fifth section provides contact information and recent World Bank operations and activities in Yemen. Occasionally, special topics are featured in the Update.

The present paper examines the determinants of remittance behavior for Vietnam using data from the 2004 Vietnam Migration Survey on internal migrants. It considers how, among other things, the vulnerability of a migrant's life at the destination, their link to relatives back home, and the time spent at the destination affect remittances. The paper finds that migrants act as risk-averse economic agents and send remittances back to the household of origin as part of an insurance exercise in the face of economic uncertainty. Remittances are also found to be driven by a migrant's labor market earnings level. The paper highlights the important role of remittances in providing an effective means of risk-coping and mutual support within the family.

This paper examines opportunities for children in Vietnam by estimating and analyzing the Human Opportunity Index (HOI). Employing data from different rounds of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS), the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2010-2011, and the Study in Grade 5 Student Achievement in Mathematics and the Vietnamese Language in the 2006-2007 school year, three domains of opportunity-education, health, and basic housing infrastructure-are investigated. The paper demonstrates both international comparisons and analyses of issues specific to Vietnam. The international comparison exercise finds a mixed picture of Vietnam's performance vis-à-vis other countries in the world. It does quite well in opportunities of school attendances and access to electricity, but falls behind comparator countries in opportunities of accesses to piped water and flush toilets. A mixed picture is also seen from results of analysis of the country's specific issues. The HOI is different from the coverage rate for almost all opportunities, thus indicating the existence of inequality in opportunities. Analysis of the relative importance of circumstances finds that education of household head, the household's level of well-being, and its regional location are consistently the most important determinants of the dissimilarity of allocation for almost all opportunities. Sample estimation of regional HOI indicates that there is a significant degree of heterogeneity across regions with regard to the opportunity of access to improved sanitation facilities.

Abstract. In the introduction, the relevance of the study of ethnodemographic processes is justified, source base
and the historiography of the study are examined, and the purpose of the work is to identify the peculiarities
of the change in the number and resettlement of ethnic communities in Belarus at the end of the 20th
and beginning of the 21st centuries. In the main part, the dynamics of the number of ethnic groups is examined,
the reasons for the changes in their quantitative composition are revealed, the features of their origin and territorial
location are shown. It is proved that the ethnic communities in Belarus were heterogeneous in origin, among
them were autochthons and immigrants, and the time of residence of the latest ranged from several centuries
(Byelorussian Tatars) to several decades (Azerbaijanis, Turkmens, etc.). The urbanization in the second half
of the 20th century led to the fact that more than 3/4 of representatives of ethnic communities lived in towns
at the beginning of the 21st century. In the conclusion, it is noted that at the end of 20th – beginning of 21st
centuries the ethnodemographic situation was characterized by two opposing trends: a decrease in the number
of the largest ethnic communities of the country (Russians, Poles, Ukrainians, Jews) and an increase in the
number of representatives of relatively small ethnic groups, mostly immigrants from the former Soviet republics –
the Caucasus and Central Asia. Nevertheless, the most numerous remained those ethnic communities that had
a long tradition of living on Belarusian lands: Russians, Poles, Ukrainians, Jews, Tatars, Lithuanians, and this
fact contributed to the preservation of stable interethnic relations in the society. The materials of this research
can be used studying history of ethnic communities in the Republic of Belarus, carrying out a comparative
analysis of the demographic situation in different countries, mainly CIS and Baltic countries, and analyzing
the ethnopolitics of the Belarusian authorities.

“Vesnik Hrodzenskaha Dziarzhaunaha Universiteta Imia Ianki Kupaly.
Seryia 1. Historyia i Arkhealohiia. Filasofiia. Palitalohiia”. - 2018, Vol. 10, No. 1,  pp. 31-39.

Despite the rising volume of remittances flowing to developing countries, their impact on the development of banking services in recipient countries has been largely unexplored. We examine this topic using county-level data for Mexico on the fraction of households that receive remittances and measures of both banking breadth (e.g., branches or accounts per capita) and depth (e.g., deposits or credit

Aim This research examines the status of distribution, nesting habitat selection and conservation threats of lesser adjutant storks. Location Eastern Nepal Materials and Methods Direct observation along line transects method was used to determine population status, distribution and nesting habitat preference of storks in different habitats of the study area. Questionnaire surveys to local people drawn randomly were used to study the socio-cultural dimensions of lesser adjutant storks conservation. Key findings There were a total of 98 individuals in pre-breeding and 240 individuals of lesser adjutant stork in post-breeding periods (94 chicks and 146 adults) in the study area. On average, there were 1.29 chicks per nest. Bombax ceiba and Adina cordifolia were found to be the most preferred nesting trees for lesser adjutant storks. Habitat preference of lesser adjutant storks revealed that colonies were more likely to occur in farmlands and swamps. All the nests of lesser adjutant sto...

The island of Puerto Rico has both a high population density and a long history of ineffective land use planning. This study integrates geospatial technology and population census data to understand how people use and develop the lands. We define three new regions for Puerto Rico: Urban (16%), Densely Populated Rural (36%), and Sparsely Populated Rural (48%). Eleven percent of the island is composed of urban/built-up surfaces. A large part of these developments occur in both low-density patterns of construction and sparsely populated neighborhoods. Half of the urban development occurs outside of urban centers. This analysis helps differentiate zones in the landscape with different uses and conditions, identifying not only urban and rural settings, but also the interface where development occurs in a territory dominated by forests and pastures, analogous to a wildland urban interface. The ineffective plan of land development has left a high degree of urban sprawl in 40% of island, where cities and towns appear typically surrounded by sprawl. The San Juan Metropolitan Area is one of the most expanded urbanized areas with a population of 2-2.5 million, comparable with the most sprawled cities of the U.S. mainland. This study reinforces the need for an efficient land use planning, and provides information to support research and planning efforts related to land development and conservation. It represents the first approach integrating satellite imagery with population census data for studying the human environment in the Caribbean.

This note points out that the World Bank, jointly with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) developed the Program for the Improvement of Surveys and Measurement of Living Conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean (MECOVI in Spanish) in 1996. The program was initiated with the objective of facilitating improved living conditions for the people of Latin America and the Caribbean through the production of relevant, quality and timely data. Ten years later, the MECOVI program continues to pursue this goal with new and innovative strategies for statistical development.

Few representative surveys of households of migrants exist, limiting our ability to study the effects of international migration on sending families. We report the results of an experiment designed to compare the performance of three alternative survey methods in collecting data from Japanese-Brazilian families, many of whom send migrants to Japan. The three surveys conducted were 1) Households selected randomly from a door-to-door listing using the Brazilian Census to select census blocks; 2) A snowball survey using Nikkei community groups to select the seeds; and 3) An intercept point survey collected at Nikkei community gatherings, ethnic grocery stores, sports clubs, and other locations where family members of migrants are likely to congregate. We analyze how closely well-designed snowball and intercept point surveys can approach the much more expensive census-based method in terms of giving information on the characteristics of migrants, the level of remittances received, and the incidence and determinants of return migration.

It is well known that Mozambique is characterized by wide variations in socio-economic indicators across provinces. According to available statistics, such differences have decreased in recent years. There has been great progress in both primary and secondary enrollment rates the last decade; however, which areas have made the greatest progress, and which areas are still lacking behind? Infant mortality rates fell the last decade, but where did they decline the most, and where are they still high? This atlas provides maps and illustrations that give insights into these aspects and many more. It does so by showing a range of social and economic statistics at the level of administrative posts. For most of the indicators it includes maps which show the situation in 1997 and in 2007. In addition some of the maps specifically illustrate the change over the decade. Overall the atlas provides a fascinating snapshot of recent socio-economic changes in Mozambique.

One of the logistical challenges in planning a population census is determining which dwellings each enumerator must visit within a census tract. This is known as the dwelling segmentation problem, which generally includes a set of constraints on the enumerators' assigned routes and various criteria regarding the homogeneity and uniformity of the segmentation solutions. In this work, we present a computational approach for this problem, which represents an improvement over manual methods and existing software. The resulting method was successfully applied to the Province of Buenos Aires in the 2010 Argentinian census.