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Online Glossary of Statistical Terms
[International Statistical Institute]An online glossary of statistical terms and concepts.
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Glossary of Key Information Security Terms
[National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce]This glossary provides a central resource of terms and definitions most commonly used in National Institute of Standard and Technology information security publications.
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OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms
[Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development]Comprehensible glossary of terms and terminology related to statistics. -
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Child Protection Issue Brief: Community-based Child Protection Mechanisms
[United Nations Refugee Agency]This UNCHR brief outlines the responsibilities of parents and the community with regards to the protection of children. -
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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Investment Planning: Report of a Technical Consultation
[World Health Organization]This report presents country experiences and discusses strategies and governance challenges for scaling up investments in CRVS globally.
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Namibia Identity Management System Analysis (IMSA) Report
[World Bank Group]This report provides an in-depth analysis of the identity management environment in Namibia, including advances and improvements of the birth registration processes. -
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International Identity Management Conference Proceedings
[Inter-American Development Bank]This report outlines the discussions on all aspects of identity management, including CRVS. It also contains the Seoul Declaration on identity management.
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Under the Radar and Under Protected
[Plan International and United Nations Refugee Agency]The 2012 report is focused on exploring the urgency of and opportunities for addressing childhood statelessness and offers a more general overview of global statelessness. -
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The World's Stateless Report 2017
[Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion]A free, downloadable report on the situation of the world's stateless children. -
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The Irish PSC: Enforced digital identities for social protection services and beyond
[The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights]The report discusses the privacy and risk implications for Ireland’s public services card (PSC) from a human rights perspective. The report highlights the potential risks to privacy and civil -
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ICAO TRIP Guide on evidence of identity
[International Civil Aviation Organization]These guidelines addresses the complexities associated with establishing (with an emphasis on birth registration) and verifying an identity to a high degree of confidence by mapping and analyzing the -
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Identification in the Context of Forced Displacement: Identification for Development
[World Bank Group]This working paper discusses the specific identity and identification needs, challenges, and risks for refugees and migrants. -
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Identification as a National Priority: The Unique Case of Peru - Working Paper 454.
[Center for Global Development]This working paper presents Peru's efforts to make trusted and trustworthy identification from birth a national priority. The paper discusses the integration of civil registration, civil -
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APAI-CRVS Assessment Guidelines and Tools
[Africa Programme for Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics]The tool and guidelines have been prepared both in English and in French to assist countries in undertaking an assessment of their civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems.
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Training Course on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems: Instructor's Manual
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]This course provides information to epidemiologists, statisticians, demographers, and other public health workers about vital statistics data gathered from a national civil registration system.
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Training Course on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems: Participant's Notes
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]This course provides information to epidemiologists, statisticians, demographers, and other public health workers about vital statistics data gathered from a national civil registration system.
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Rapid Assessment of National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems
[World Health Organization]This tool helps to quickly evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a current CRVS system before undertaking a detailed CRVS review.
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems, Developing Information, Education and Communication
[United Nations Statistics Division]This handbook offers guidance on how to design and carry out information, education, and communication activities to improve programs for civil registration and vital statistics agencies.
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Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Volume 29, No. 1
[United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific]This journal contains four articles relating to the need to improve civil registration and vital statistics in the Asia-Pacific region. -
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Social Identities, Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture
[Taylor & Francis Online]This journal seeks to provide an interdisciplinary and international platform for theorizing issues at the interface of social identities.
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Journal of Cybersecurity
[Oxford Academic]This journal publishes accessible articles describing original research in the inherently interdisciplinary world of computer, systems, and information security.
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Verbal Autopsy Standards: Ascertaining and Attributing Causes of Death
[World Health Organization]The 2016 version of the WHO verbal autopsy instrument is designed for all age groups, including maternal and perinatal deaths, and also deaths caused by injuries.
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ICD-10 Interactive Self-Learning Tool
[World Health Organization]The WHO electronic modular ICD-training tool is designed for self-learning. It can also be used for classroom training.
Our Resource Library provides access to curated resources related to CRVS systems, including research, tools, publications, CRVS eLearning course, our Expert Talks video series, and a glossary of terms and definitions.
A CRVS system is one that connects relevant data from the civil registry and the health information system for the purpose of producing vital statistics. In order to function well, CRVS systems depend on common elements. These are featured under a unique section of our library. Examples include resources that focus on training, assessments and evaluations, identity management, data security and privacy, information and communications technology, and more.