The national census is an essential data source to support decision-making in many areas
of public interest. However, this data may become outdated during the intercensal period …

Growth and developments in computing power, machine-learning algorithms and satellite
imagery spatiotemporal resolution have led to rapid developments in automated feature …

Background Household surveys are the main source of demographic, health and socio-
economic data in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). To conduct such a survey …

Censuses are fundamental building blocks of most modern-day societies, yet collected
every 10 years at best. We propose an extension of the widely popular census updating …

Residual blood specimens provide a sample repository that could be analyzed to estimate
and track changes in seroprevalence with fewer resources than household-based surveys …

International survey researchers are increasingly turning to a geospatial sampling approach
known as gridded population sampling for finer resolution and a more updated sampling …

The gross domestic product (GDP) is probably the most important economic measurement
worldwide. Although it is officially reported at the country level, the heterogeneities within the …

In response to the “Leave No One Behind” principle (the central promise of the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development), reliable estimate of the total number of citizens living in slums …

The most common sampling approach for cross-sectional household surveys in the
developing world is a stratified two-stage design (Grosh and Munoz, 1996). Following …

To ensure that knowledge is not exclusive to a few, but available for the many, public
agencies publish statistics as a public good-also called official statistics. Facing increasing …