UNDESA Ageing Resources


MISAUN DESA  PROJECT on Multiple Indicator Survey on Ageing (MISA) in Africa
The project was conceived to be “the starting point of a larger DESA initiative that aims to assist countries in collecting and analyzing data on older persons in order to more accurately monitor the changing situation of older persons during the implementation phase of the 2030 Development Agenda. Its core objective is “to develop a standard methodology to produce, analyze and deliver a database of harmonized indicators on the situation of older persons in Africa.”

Final reports

Data Needs Assessments

Methodological tools

Fieldwork and Data-entry

Expert Group Meeting for Internal Revision