The Inquirer (Monrovia)
16 April 2008
Statistics relative to the population of Liberia as gathered by the recent National Census would be made known by May this year.
The Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Services (LISGIS) accordingly would release the population result next month while information on the economic, social and other aspects would be released at the end of 2009.
According to the LISGIS Director of Communication, Mr. Joel Kennedy, following the announcement of the total number of persons in the country in May, major concentration would then be on statistics related to the poverty rate and other demographic indicators.
Mr. Kennedy said up to present LISGIS had paid the salary of all numerators who conducted the census in March.
He expressed the hope that the result of the 2008 National Census would assist Government in her Poverty reduction Strategy.
Meanwhile, in a bid to foster its developmental goals, the Government of Liberia in March conducted a major National census since that exercise was last conducted in 1984 prior to the outbreak of the Liberian Civil War.
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