2024 Census: Cainco calls for “demonstration of consistency in methodology of counting process”

Cainco expressed his views in a statement result Thursday exhibition National Statistics Office report on the 2024 Population and Housing Census. In general, it calls for transparency in the statistical process during the post-census phase.

“The results released yesterday by the National Statistics Institute (INE) Raised legitimate sensitivities and concerns the entire population, they deserve the immediate attention, seriousness and responsibility that the case deserves,” the document reads in the first paragraph.

As Cainco explains: “LDissatisfaction with and lack of credibility of data at national and sector levels What is presented is based on non-minor elements; firstly, the projections made by the INE itself a few months before the census, which differed significantly from the official results; secondly, the analysis is consistent across several departments and municipalities of the country, due to a lack of consistency with other data such as administrative records, urban expansion and projections made by other local institutions. “

Furthermore, “in the specific case of Santa Cruz, Economic dynamics, the growth of urban areas and other everyday obvious aspects do not seem to be reflected in the number of residents, Nor is it the percentage of population growth. “All of this adds to and deepens concerns about the transparency and methodological consistency of official statistics.”

It is in this context that: “We call on the National Statistical Office and the accompanying high-level international commission members Provide a transparent technical space for the census process to demonstrate methodological consistency in the counting process and information processing in the post-census phase All regional and local authorities and all corresponding institutional actors participate in an open and transparent manner to the entire population.”

To this end, they asked “INE provides information to provinces, mayors, universities and technical entities in an agile and transparent manner. allowing for a detailed analysis of the data obtained”.

“We firmly believe that tools for planning, building and looking to the future, such as the population and housing census, should bring certainty to the country and should not be a cause of polarization,” Cainco said, “but this goes against transparency and responsibility, two values ​​that every Bolivian needs and deserves.