These recommendations aim to: (a) provide guidance and assistance to countries in the planning and execution of their population and housing censuses; and (b) to facilitate and improve the comparability of census at the UN regional level through the identification of a core set of census topics and the harmonization of concepts, definitions and classifications.
Les principaux objectifs de ces recommandations sont les suivants : a) Orienter les États Membres et les aider à organiser et réaliser leur recensement de la population et des habitations ; et b) Faciliter et améliorer la comparabilité régionale des recensements en sélectionnant un ensemble de caractéristiques de base1 et en harmonisant les concepts, définitions et classifications.
The paper briefly discusses issues related to estimations of aggregate volumes of remittances, bilateral remittances and remittance transfer costs. The authors argue that methodologies commonly used introduce a number of biases or suffer from limitations that confirm how problematic it is to generate accurate "evidence" on remittances.