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05ALMATY4523
2005-12-28 12:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED
US Office Almaty
Cable title:  

KAZAKHSTAN TO CONDUCT CENSUS IN 2009

Tags:  ECON EFIN KZ ECONOMIC 
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UNCLAS ALMATY 004523 

SIPDIS


DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN (MUDGE)
DEPT PASS TO CENSUS BUREAU

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN TO CONDUCT CENSUS IN 2009

UNCLAS ALMATY 004523

SIPDIS


DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN (MUDGE)
DEPT PASS TO CENSUS BUREAU

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN TO CONDUCT CENSUS IN 2009


1. Summary: Kazakhstani authorities have announced that
the second national population census will take place in
February 2009. Preparation for the project will begin in

2006. The methodology of the census process will be changed
in order to produce more accurate results than the previous
census in 1999. The National Statistics Agency will be
responsible for preparing and conducting the census. End
summary.


2. On December 20, the Kazakhstani cabinet of ministers met
to discuss a new program of statistics development.
According to Statistics Agency Chairman Abdiev, the purpose
of the program is to improve the quality of information by
introducing European standards - EUROSTA. The GOK plans to
appropriate $5.9 million for the program over three years.
During the session, the Statistics Agency chairman announced
that the next population census will be conducted in
February 2009.


3. Preparation work will begin in 2006. In 2006, a program
on population and housing resources census will be approved.
After normative acts are adopted in 2006-07, a republican
commission for assistance during the population census will
be established. In 2008, a pilot population census will be
conducted in three Kazakhstani regions. Based on this pilot
census, methodology and questionnaires will be prepared.
The GOK plans to employ 40,000 temporary workers to conduct
the population census in 2009. The duration of the census
will be increased from one week, as in 1999, to three weeks.
According to Abdiev, the duration has been increased with
the goal of improving the accuracy of the census. The GOK
estimates that approximately 200,000 people were missed in
the 1999 census. The results will be announced several
months after the census's completion.

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