Sidiki Coulibaly

A Note on the Migration Survey in Upper Volta

The Government of Upper Volta is currently conducting a national migration survey. Data collection is being done in two phases: the first, in 1974, covers the principal urban areas (except Ouagadougou, the capital); the second, in 1975, covers rural areas (plus Ouagadougou). The survey is a joint project of the Centre Voltaique de la Recherche Scientifique (C.V.R.S.) and the National Statistics and Demographic Institute (I.N.S.D.). The project is being financed by the Government of Upper Volta and the International Development Research Centre of Canada. This is the first nation-wide study of both internal and international migration. Also, for the first time, the study will furnish data on a regional as well as a national basis. These data will permit the measure? ment of the volume and direction of migration as well as the greater understanding of its causes and effects. The limited nature of previous studies means that information concerning these aspects of migration is very incomplete; the present study will permit the confirmation or the rejection of various hypotheses concerning Voltaic migration.