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References​

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, USAID, UNFPA. (2023). Assessing the Quality of Fieldwork in a Census. Select Topics in International Censuses. Available at: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/programs-surveys/international-programs/stic/assessing-quality-fieldwork.pdf

  2. United Nations. (2025). Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Census. Revision 4. Available at: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/SeriesM/Series_M67Rev4en.pdf

  3. United Nations Statistics Division. (2021). Handbook on the Management of Population and Housing Censuses. Revision 2. Available at: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/seriesf/series_f83rev2en.pdf

  4. United National Statistics Division. (2020). Presentation at Regional Workshop Population and Housing Censuses: International Standards and Contemporary Technologies. Available at: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/meetings/2019/ankara-census-ws/con-rec.pdf

  5. United National Statistics Division. (2018). UNSD presentation at Regional Workshop on the 2020 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: International standards and contemporary technologies. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8 -11 May 2018. Available at: https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Funstats.un.org%2Funsd%2Fdemographic-social%2Fmeetings%2F2018%2Fcolombo-census-ws%2Fdocs%2Fs02-01-UNSD.ppt&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK

  6. Statistics Botswana. (2019). 2021 Population & Housing Census project document. Available at: https://botswana.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/census_project_document_-_2021_population_and_housing_census.pdf#:~:text=Statistics%20Botswana%20in%20collaboration%20with%2C%20and%20support%20from,the%202021%20Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%20%28PHC%29%20undertaking

  7. Statistics Canada. (2022) A Guide to Risk Management in a Census Context. Available at: https://repositorio.cepal.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/e201a4ca-5654-4db0-9c73-fa959b8bb87a/content

  8. Guidelines for Independent Census Monitoring in Africa 2030 Round of Population and Housing Censuses