African Population Database Documentation

Authored by Andy Nelson, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. a.d.nelson@leeds.ac.uk and based on previous documentation and methods by Uwe Deichmann, The World Bank, Washington D.C. udeichmann@worldbank.org

Contents
Introduction
Part I: Boundary and population data
Boundaries
Population data
Estimation of population figures
Census data
Additional sources of error
Part II: Raster data
Summary description of the method
Construction of the transportation network
Setting up urban data
Run accessibility calculation
Interpolation
Adjustment of the accessibility measure
Distribution of population
References
Download Data

Appendixes
1. Illustrative example of the stability of population estimates
2. Africa population database - summary table
3. Attribute item definitions
4. Country-specific documentation
5. Map of administrative units in Africa
6. Population density maps for 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000
7. Roads used in the accessibility model
8. Populated places used in the accessibility model
Acknowledgments The development of this database was supported by the:
United Nations Environment Programme / Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID), Sioux Falls.
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University NY.

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H.E. Comissions API Participants in Yei Southern Sudan

His Exellency, the commissioner of YEI River County officiating the API commissioning ceremony in YEI Southern Sudan where 57 members received various certificates in Monitoring and Evaluation, Project planning and management, Peace and conflict management and Training of trainers’ courses.

78 Year Old graduates at API

78 year old, Mr. Deng Jor receives his certificate in peace and conflict management at the API commissioning ceremony in Juba. His ambitious to improve Wild life conservation in Southern Sudan, Also in attendance were members from the Civil society organizations, Local government officials and the Public servants.

GOSS Officials at API Comissioning Ceremony

A moment of Prayer at API before commencing with the commissioning ceremony held at Central equatorial women union hall, Juba Southern Sudan. In attendance from left to right, The undersecretary ministry of public service GOSS, The head of Chancery Ugandan Consulate in Juba Southern Sudan, The Director MOEST GOSS Dr. Josephine, the Undersecretary MOEST GOSS and The director of API

EAPI Transformed to API

East Africa Population Initiative (EAPI) has attained an Institute Status, its now Called Africa Population Institute (API).
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Population, Health and Environment (PHE) East Africa Network

The Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) East Africa Network was launched on November 16, 2007, at the Integrated Development for East Africa conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Population Reference Bureau was the lead organizer of the conference and also the facilitating organization for a coalition building workshop.
The conference brought together field practitioners, policymakers, researchers, the media, community leaders, and advocates from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and other countries around the world for presentations and discussions on population, health, and environment initiatives, and to explore strategies and opportunities for advancing population-health-environment integration in East Africa.
USAID supported a two-day workshop on coalition building, which served as a foundation for the Network.
Conference papers on Water and Sanitation:
Ethiopia: safe sanitation for humans and the envionment-human excreta, household and garden refuse. A. Terrefe and G. Edstrom. (pdf, 1.16MB)
Ethiopia: Wichi Integrated Wetland-Watershed Management Project. S. Deribe, EWNRA. (pdf, 1.36MB)
Increasing access to safe drinking water. T. Hunde, WaterAid. (pdf, 204KB)