Authors :
Teakon J. WILLIAMS
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 3 - March
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7809279
Abstract :
An effective and efficient population census
process, with reliable and valid data, iscritical for
national development planning and project
implementation. However, many experts in Liberia are
skeptical of the reliability and validity of the results from
the 2022 National Population and Housing Census given
deviations from basicstandards and procedures
whenconducting census. Most of the concerns stem from
preliminary census results for counties that donot tally
with existing validated health and other socio-economic
data that would engender high population growth. To
mitigate this situation, some sectors of the Liberian
society are calling for either the cancellation or the
relaunch of the census in line with established global
protocols and procedures. There are concerns that most
of the figures were made up to meet existing simulations
values (based on the population growth rate of Liberia at
3%) of international organizations. Moreover, political
commentators suspectthat the census values were
tweaked to give the ruling establishment unfair
competitive advantage in the upcoming election season.
Keywords :
Validated data, Reliable data, Population growth rates, Unsubstantiated data, Unfair advantages.
An effective and efficient population census
process, with reliable and valid data, iscritical for
national development planning and project
implementation. However, many experts in Liberia are
skeptical of the reliability and validity of the results from
the 2022 National Population and Housing Census given
deviations from basicstandards and procedures
whenconducting census. Most of the concerns stem from
preliminary census results for counties that donot tally
with existing validated health and other socio-economic
data that would engender high population growth. To
mitigate this situation, some sectors of the Liberian
society are calling for either the cancellation or the
relaunch of the census in line with established global
protocols and procedures. There are concerns that most
of the figures were made up to meet existing simulations
values (based on the population growth rate of Liberia at
3%) of international organizations. Moreover, political
commentators suspectthat the census values were
tweaked to give the ruling establishment unfair
competitive advantage in the upcoming election season.
Keywords :
Validated data, Reliable data, Population growth rates, Unsubstantiated data, Unfair advantages.
