Bangladesh is fortunate enough
to experience the latest technologies in data
collection, processing and dissemination in variety
of fields. This paper has been kept limited to
population data only. In Bangladesh, Government,
NGOs research bodies, international and mufti-national
organisations are involved in population data
collection. The method used in data collection
are
Data entry oriented
data collection;
OMR oriented data collection;
and
Computer assisted data
collection.
In case of data processing the
following platforms prevails
Data entry and processing
by combinations of application programs and
softwares;
Data capture by OMR and
processing by combination of application programs
and software;
Data capture and processing
by integrated softwarees;
Data capture and administration
by RDBMS under client/server environment;
In case of dissemination the
following technologies are used
Electronic publication
- Scanner, GIS and HG;
Web page, Web site and
the Internet;
Computer graphics;
RDBMS in client/server
environment.
The paper has been prepared
in the form of slides. At the end of the paper
the experience of Population and Housing Census
1991 is appended.
Slide
2: Data Collection
Sl. No
Organisation
Hardware
Software
Remark
1.
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
and National Data Bank
Scanner, Computer
Corel photo- paint, Centry
Computer assisted data collection
2.
ICDDR'B
Scanner
Corel photo-paint
3.
UNDP
Scanner
Corel photo-paint
4.
World Bank
Scanner
Corel photo-paint
5.
UNICEF
Scanner
Corel photo-paint
6.
Health and Family Welfare
Scanner
Corel photo-paint
7.
Planning Commission
Scanner
Corel photo-paint
8.
BIDS
Scanner
Corel photo-paint
9.
Women and Children Affairs
10.
US AID
Scanner
Corel photo-paint
11.
Mitra Associates
12.
Planning Commission and IMED
Scanner
Corel photo-paint
13.
Ministry of Education
Scanner
Corel photo-paint
14.
Primary and non-formal Education
Division
15.
Youths and Sports
Scanner
Corel photo-paint
16.
Ministry of Labour
Slide
3: Data Processing
Sl. No
Organisation
Hardware
Software
Remark
1.
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
OMR, Mainframe, Pentium, Sun
Server, Alpha Server, SMP Server
Network connected with all ministries
they have web seteg
2.
ICDDR'B
Video-Projector, Computer, Computer
Network
Oracle, RPG, COBOL, Clipper,
FoxPro
Surretheo system of Matlab web
sites
3.
UNDP
PC and Servers Netware, Hubs
Oracle
4.
UNICEF
PC, Servers and Netware
Oracle, FoxPro, HTML
5.
Health and Family Welfare
S/36, Pentium and PCs
FoxPro, IMPS
6.
Planning Commission
PCs and Servers
Oracle, FoxPro
7.
Ministry of Relief and Rehabilitation
PCs
Foxpro
8.
BIDS, Planning Commission
PCs
Oracle, FoxPro
9.
Education Board and Education
Ministry
PCs, S/36
Scan Tools, Oracle, C+
10.
NGOs
PCs and Servers
Basics, Oracle, HTML
Web-Site
5.
Concluding Remarks
National Data Bank is in operation
with a view to establish linkage among the potential
donors, researchers and experts. It is an open
system under client/server architecture. OMR technology
will be used in next Population and Housing Census
of Bangladesh. Population is the backbone of all
other socio economic information. OCR is also
under consideration for the next census. Experience
of Population and Housing Census 1991appended.
