COMPILATION OF POPULATION DATA

BUCEN WILL CONTINUE TO COMPILE SELECTED POPULATION INFORMATION AND ENTER SPECIFIED DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS INTO ITS DEMOGRAPHIC DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM. AID WILL MAINTAIN ITS RESOURCE SUPPORT RELATIONSHIP WITH BUCEN AND THEREBY HAVE ACCESS TO THIS SYSTEM. BUCEN WILL ISSUE PERIODIC COUNTRY REPORTS UPON AID REQUEST, PROVIDE AD HOC POPULATION STATISTICS, PERIODICALLY PUBLISH EMPIRICAL WORLD DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, MAINTAIN THE DATA SYSTEM AND THE COUNTRY FILES ON THAT SYSTEM. THE COMMITTEE ON POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHY (CPD) OF THE NAS WILL SET UP WORKING GROUPS (NAS MEMBERS, CDP MEMBERS, HOST COUNTRY ANALYSTS, AND OUTSIDE ADVISORS) TO UNDERTAKE INTENSIVE STUDIES ON COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST FOR REASONS OF SIZE OR RECENT FERTILITY DECLINE. CPD WILL ALSO: 1) DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR THE ANALYSIS & EVAL OR VARIOUS TYPES OF POPULATION & FERTILITY DATA; 2) ADVISE AID AND/OR HOST COUNTRIES ON ASSISTANCE WHICH COULD BE RENDERED TO GOVTS DESIRING TO IMPROVE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLL & ANALYSIS; 3) ADVISE AID ON METHODOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPING PROCEDURES FOR INCREASING THE COVERAGE, QUALITY & USEFULNESS OF CENSUS, VITAL REGISTRATION & SAMPLE SURVEY DATA, AND THE TIMELINESS OF DEMOG DATA; 4) DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING CHANGES OBSERVED THRU CONSECUTIVE CENSUSES OR SURVEYS; AND 5) HOLD WORKSHOP IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES TO DISSEMINATE RESULTS OF DEMOG/FP RESRCH. THIRD CONTRACTOR WILL ANALYZE FERTILITY LEVELS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES UTILIZING BUCEN DATA & INFO DERIVED FROM AID AND DEVELOPING COUNTRY SURVEYS & STATS. REPORTS ON THESE ANALYSES & ON OTHER DEMOG TOPICS WILL THEN BE PREPARED BY CONTRACTOR FOR THE USE OF AID & INTERESTED COUNTRIES. THE CONTRACTOR WILL, IN ADDITION, HELP AID & HOST COUNTRIES TO IDENTIFY & PLAN THE TECH ASSISTANCE NEEDED FOR IMPROVED DEMOG ANALYSIS & DATA PROCSSNG, PROVIDE ANALYTICAL MATERIALS, AND CONDUCT ANALYSIS TRAINING WORKSHOPS AS NECESSARY.