A development imperative: Civil registration and vital statistics systems in the Asia-Pacific region

Asia-Pacific Population Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-37

  Abouzahr, Carla ^a   Stein, Claudia ^b   Chapman, Nigel ^c   Toole, Daniel ^d   LeFranc, Christophe ^d   Joshi, Kaushal ^e   Hansen, Rikke Munk ^f  

^a CAZ Consulting   (Colombia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Plan International   (India)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e Development Indicators and Policy Research Division   (India)

^f Social Development Division   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CENSUS; GOVERNMENT; RECORD; REGIONAL PLANNING; STATISTICAL DATA;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 84976274868     PISSN: 0259238X     EISSN: 15644278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18356/b528561c-en     Document Type: Article

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