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The current status of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in Asia and the Pacific is described in this paper. Civil registration is an administrative system for recording the occurrence and characteristics of vital events (notably births and deaths). It provides individuals with the documentation needed to establish legal identity and family relationships, exercise civil rights, access services and participate in modern societies. In addition, records of vital events from civil registration are a key source of vital statistics on fertility and mortality, and they provide the backbone for efficient public administration.

Asia-Pacific Population Journal Volume 29 was released in 2014.

  • Volume 29 No. 1
    • A development imperative: civil registration and vital statistics systems in the Asia-Pacific region by Carla Abouzahr, Claudia Stein, Nigel Chapman, Daniel Toole, Christophe LeFranc, Kaushal Joshi and Rikke Munk Hansen
    • Strengthening civil registration and vital statistics in the Asia-Pacific region: learning from country experiences by Carla Abouzahr, Said Yaqoob Azimi, Lisa Grace S. Bersales, Chandrasekaran Chandramouli, Lourdes Hufana, Khalid Khan, Gulnara Kulkayeva, Jonathan Marskell, and Lyaziza Sauyekenova
    • Civil registration, human rights and social protection in Asia and the Pacific by Lucía González López, Tanja Brøndsted Sejersen, Nicholas Oakeshott, Gaspar Fajth, Taimur Khilji and Nicoleta Panta
    • Towards a research agenda for civil registration and vital statistics in the Asia-Pacific region By Carla Abouzahr, Mia Harbitz, Haishan Fu and Raj Gautam Mitra
       
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