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Volume 38 Supplement 1

Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems in low- and middle-income countries

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Publication of this supplement has been funded by the World Bank Group. The articles have undergone the journal's standard peer review process for supplements. The Supplement Editor declares no competing interests.

Edited by Carla AbouZahr

© World BankThis supplement covers various aspects of how to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in low- and middle-income countries. Eight peer-reviewed manuscripts included in this issue discuss topics such as institutional arrangements, linking CRVS with other systems, recommendations on hosting options for electronic CRVS systems, obstacles to birth registration, economic analysis of producing vital statistics using civil registration data, and more. Country examples and best practices from around the globe are included to provide practical guidance. It is important to improve CRVS systems globally, because they are the foundation for establishing a legal identity for individuals; for collecting reliable and continuous population data to be able to make informed decisions on government policies, programs, and services; and for monitoring national and subnational level development plans and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Read the associated blog: "Keeping the momentum on state-of-the-art civil registration and vital statistics systems"

  1. In collaboration with development partners, the World Bank Group (WBG) has been working to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in low- and middle-income countries through lending ...

    Authors: Samuel Mills, Jane Kim Lee and Bahie Mary Rassekh
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38(Suppl 1):23
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  2. A complete civil registration and vital statistics system is the best source of data for measuring most of the Sustainable Development Goal 3 indicators. However, civil registration does not include migration ...

    Authors: Samuel Mills, Jane Kim Lee and Bahie Mary Rassekh
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38(Suppl 1):18
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  3. This paper reviews the essential components of a recommended institutional arrangements framework of integrated civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and civil identification systems. CRVS typically i...

    Authors: Samuel Mills, Jane Kim Lee and Bahie Mary Rassekh
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38(Suppl 1):19
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  4. Identifying everyone residing in a country, especially the poor, is an indispensable part of pursuing universal health coverage (UHC). Having information on an individuals’ financial protection is also imperat...

    Authors: Samuel Mills, Jane Kim Lee, Bahie Mary Rassekh, Martina Zorko Kodelja, Green Bae, Minah Kang, Supasit Pannarunothai and Boonchai Kijsanayotin
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38(Suppl 1):22
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  6. The World Bank Group (WBG), in partnership with the Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Group, the Korea Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the WBG Open Learning Campus, launched the first ...

    Authors: Samuel Mills, Sheila Jagannathan, Jane Kim Lee and Bahie Mary Rassekh
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38(Suppl 1):21
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  7. Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems lay the foundation for good governance by increasing the effectiveness and delivery of public services, providing vital statistics for the planning and mo...

    Authors: M. Hafizur Rahman, Amber Bickford Cox and Samuel L. Mills
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38(Suppl 1):25
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  8. The government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is currently in the preparation stage of a 5-year project that will establish an electronic civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system. The a...

    Authors: Samuel Mills and Daniel Amponsah
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2019 38(Suppl 1):20
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