IPUMS-International Regional Projects Development page Regions, calendar, funding, standards Click here for Arab-Region (in Arabic)
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IPUMS-South/East Africa Project
Calendar
July 2003: Invitation to participate · Project announcement and invitation · Executive summary of project details · Census microdata inventory and participation status · African census documentation catalogued in United Division Statistics Division Historical Archive 2003 - 2004: Sign agreements, assemble documentation · Second step: Sign agreements, Assemble documentation · Memorandum of understanding to be signed with each participating National Statistical Institute · Reply form for details about likely documentation and microdata available to the project December 2005: revise grant proposal for review by consortium February 2005: submit grant proposal for funding January 2006: project begins January 2006-December 2010: integrate anonymized census microdata samples for 3 to 5 countries per year--as 2000-round census microdata become available
Designing a successful project: documentation needed from each statistical agency
· Click here for letter of understanding · Click here for documentation and microdata reply form · Click here for microdata variable availability table w/UNECE & IPUMSi standards

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