Ongoing census is like going for general medical test
Suleri, Dr. Abid Qaiyum | May 2017
Abstract
Have you ever asked a tailor to stitch clothes without telling the age, height, weight, and other measurements? Yes, the whole idea sounds absurd. How can one stitch clothes for someone without knowing the basic measurements? The same holds when governments formulate and implement their plans without an updated census. Pakistan has been living with this absurdity since 2008. Without knowing the number, age, geographical distribution, ethnic, religious, and gender composition, educational level, income level, employment level and other key indicators of its population, successive governments have been planning and executing policies, ranging from economic, social, political, foreign, environmental to defence.
Citation
Suleri, Dr. Abid Qaiyum. 2017. Ongoing census is like going for general medical test. © Sustainable Development Policy Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7039.Keywords
Business Management
Institutional
Framework
Business Ethics
Regional Plans
Project finance
Development Bank
Common Markets
Governance
Good Governance
Governance Approach
Governance Capacity
Governance Models
Governance Quality
Regional Policy
Regional Perspectives
Regional Government
Regional Development
Regional Cooperation
Interregional Cooperation
Bureaucracy
Cabinet system
Common good
Executive power
Government
Separation of powers
Transparency in government
Regional economics
Community development
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