Democratic Republic of Congo - General Population Census and Social Databases Consolidation Support Project

The General Population Census and Social Databases Consolidation Support Project (PARBDS) is an operation that is mainly financed by UNFPA, Japan, the World Bank and China. The Bank Group contributes to the financing with UA 15 million (or approximately USD 22,775,700), awarded as a Window I Transition Support Facility (TSF) grant. Although PARBDS is not a joint project, it has been designed in close consultation with other partners. The general population census to be supported by the PARBDS project and organized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) will help to revive the production of statistics in the country. Hence, PARBDS will help to operationalize the SNDS by conducting the census and establishing social databases. The project comprises the following three components: (i) Support to the general population census; (ii) Establishment of social databases; and (iii) Project management.