Papers & Statements

Population, Poverty and Environment

• Coverage of Population and Development Themes in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs): Challenges and Opportunities for UNFPA. Population and Development Branch,Technical Support Division

• Population, Environment and Poverty Eradication For Sustainable Development - Actions Toward Johannesburg 2002. Background Paper No. 14

• "Poverty and Gender Inequality are Incompatible with Sustainable Development", Statement by Ms. Thoraya Obaid to Opening Plenary of Prepcom II of WSSD.

• "Invest in Women, Invest in Change", Statement by Ms. Thoraya Obaid to UN Conference on Financing for Development. Monterrey, Mexico, March 2002

• "Water Security, Sanitation Population and Sustainable Development", Statement by Mr. Kunio Waki. March 2002

• "Reducing Hunger and Poverty: Women Hold the Key", Statement by Mr. Kunio Waki to World Food Summit + 5, Italy, 12 June 2002.

Data Systems, including Censuses & Indicators

• Measuring Outputs in Population and Development Programmes with Illustrative Indicators, UNFPA. 2001. (228kb)

• Indicators for Monitoring the MDGs, UNFPA. April 2002 (86kb)

• Revised CCA Indicator Framework, UNFPA. (121kb)

• Progress with the Use of Common Country Assessment (CCA) Indicator Frameworks, UNFPA. (140kb)

• Monitoring of population programmes focusing on reproductive rights and reproductive health, with special reference to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), as contained in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development. Report of the Secretary-General. Commission on Population and Development, 35th Session, 1-5 April 2002.

The following papers and presentations came out of the AFRICA UNFPA/PARIS21 International Expert Group Meeting On Mechanisms for Ensuring Continuity of 10-Year Population Censuses : Strategies for Reducing Census Costs, Pretoria, South Africa, 26-29 November 2001:

• Statuts des Recensements Généraux de la Population et de L’habitation dans les pays de L'Afrique de L'Ouest et du Centre, Richard Dackam Ngatchoum, Conseiller régional en Analyse et Recherche, UNFPA-CST, Dakar (127kb)

• Strategies de Réduction des Coûts des Recensements Généraux de la Population et de L'Habitation en Afrique, Richard Dackam Ngatchou, Conseiller régional en Analyse et Recherche, UNFPA-CST, Dakar (94.5kb)

• Developing the Case for Better Population Data: The View from the World Bank (40kb)

• Priority Operational Research for Census Cost Savings Strategies: Co-Operative Relay Censuses, Harry A. Freedman, Statistics Canada & Central Statistics Office of Zambia (61kb)

• Priority Operational Research for Census Cost Saving Strategies, Harry A. Freedman, Statistics Canada & Central Statistics Office of Zambia (35kb)

• Mobilizing Resources for Censuses: Strategies for Reducing Census Costs/ Perspectives of Donor Countries Based on Japanese Experience, Takehiro Fukui, Statistics Bureau Japan (51kb)

• PARIS21’s Opening Statement (171kb)

• Conducting Census Under Adverse Conditions; Challenges and Lessons Learned, Hasan ABU-LIBDEH, President, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (74kb)

• Funding Crisis in the 2000 Round of Population Censuses, Richard Leete, Chief a.i. Population and Development Branch, Technical Support Division, November 2001 (105kb)

• Reflections on Priority Research Needs, Ronald C. Schoenmaeckers, CBGS – Population and Family Study Centre (98kb)

• Making Censuses in Africa Cost Effective: Suggestions for Reflection, Israel Sembajwe, Senior Population Affairs Officer, FSSDD/ ECA (MS Word doc, 63kb)

• Mobilising Resources for Censuses: Strategies for Reducing Census Costs Perspective of Partner Countries, Abdulrahaman M Kaimu, National Bureau of Statistics, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (MS Word doc, 33kb)

• Challenges in Census Taking in China, Xiru Li, Department of Population, Social Science and technology Statistics, National Bureau of Statistics, China P. R. (MS Word doc, 52kb)

• Opening Address, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (MS Word doc, 50kb)

• Welcoming Remarks, Trevor A Manuel, Minister of Finance (MS Word doc, 27kb)

• Conducting Census Under Adverse Conditions; Challenges and Lessons Learned, Hasan Abu-Libdeh, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (MS Word doc, 113kb)

• A Critical Appraisal of Census Costs, Mr Iqbal Alam, Intercountry Adviser on Population Statistics United Nations Statistics Division (67kb).

  • also available (100kb )

• Mobilising Support for India’s Census -Constraints and Challenges, J. K. Banthia, Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (80kb).

  • also available (177kb)

   

Population Ageing & Poverty

Papers

• Introduction to the Malta Expert Group Meeting Papers

• Background Paper of Inter-Agency Meeting for the 2nd World Assembly on Ageing. New York, 6-7 March 2001

• "Population Ageing: Key Operational Challenges in Developing Countries", Paper presented by Richard Leete and Ann Pawliczko to Expert Group Meeting on Population Ageing and Development: Socia, Health and Gender Issues with a Focus on the Poor in Old Age. Valletta, Malta, 29-31 October 2001.

Statements

• Joint Statement by Ms Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA, and Mr Mark Malloch-Brown, Administrator, UNDP, to the Second World Assembly on Ageing. Madrid, 8-12 April 2002
   
• "Development in an Ageing World: Implications of Ageing in Poverty Eradication and Development Strategies", Statement by Ms.Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA to the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Round Table 1. Madrid, 8 April 2002 
  
• Statement by Ms. Thoraya Obaid at the Launch of HelpAge International's State of the World's Older People, Madrid, 8 April 2002
  
• Welcoming statement by Ms. Mari Simonen, Expert Group Meeting on Population Ageing and Development, Valletta, Malta, 29-31 October 2002 
  
• Statement by Mr. Richard Leete to Preparatory Committee Meeting for the Second World Assembly on Ageing. New York, 26 February 2001 
  
• "Poverty Issues in Old Age: Operational Challenges", Statement by Mr. Richard Leete to the Valencia Forum.  2 April 2002

Population Resource Flows

Papers

• The flow of financial resources for assisting in the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development. Report of the Secretary-General, 1-5 April 2002

• The flow of financial resources for assisting in the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, Report of the Secretary-General, 2-6 April 2002

Statements

• Statement by Ms. Mari Simonen Director, Technical Support Division, UNFPA on the Report of the Secretary-General on the flow of financial resources for assisting in the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (E/CN.9/2002/4). 35th Session of the Commission on Population and Development, New York, 1 April 2002

Human Rights & Indigenous Peoples

Papers

• Report of the Expert Group Meeting, "Application of Human Rights to Reproductive and Sexual Health", Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 2002

Statements

• Statement of the United Nations Population Fund to the First Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 13-24 May 2002. Delivered by Wariara Mbugua, Chief, Gender Issues Branch, UNFPA, New York

• Statement by Ms. Mari Simonen, Director, TSD, UNFPA,; Panel on Empowering Indigenous Women, at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 13 May 2002 

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