World Chronicle 917: Mary Chamie, DESA

Michael Littlejohns interviews Mary Chamie, Chief of the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), for World Chronicle program 917.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:05
• Production Date: 5 November 2003
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: LOUIS HAMMAN; MARY CHAMIE; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS; SUSANNAH PRICE
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS - DESA
• Subject Topical: CENSUSES; HOUSING; POPULATION
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: 2151711
• Parent Id: 828038

Description

"Censuses and Emerging Democracies"

Housing and population censuses yield the basic information all governments need to plan and distribute services to their people.

But what happens in countries like Afghanistan, where war and civil strife have made it impossible to count the population for more than two decades? How important are impartial censuses to emerging democracies? Can the United Nations help to make each person count, and be counted?

These questions are explored with the help of Mary Chamie, Chief of Demographic and Social Statistics Branch in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

• Scripts: File; 917.pdf (36.33 KB)