Country name |
Main difficulties |
Indicate up to three main difficulties to conduct the census because of the COVID-19 pandemic: |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
Closure of establishments |
Other difficulties |
No / minor difficulties |
What is that “other” difficulty specifically? |
Albania |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Algeria |
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Personnel not available/ill |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Other difficulties |
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The cost of tablettes necessary to conduct census was increased because COVID19 pandemic. |
American Samoa |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Timing and trying to meet targets |
Anguilla |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
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Argentina |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
Closure of establishments |
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Armenia |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Procurement difficulties |
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Closure of establishments |
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Aruba |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
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Training of enumerators was not possible as planned in advance. Training was done online. |
Austria |
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Bahamas |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
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Bahrain |
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Bangladesh |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
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Barbados |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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Not having personnel in office experienced in CAWI. |
Belgium |
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Belize |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
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Botswana |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Brazil |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
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British Virgin Islands |
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Bulgaria |
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Personnel not available/ill |
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Cameroon |
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Cayman Islands |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
Closure of establishments |
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Chad |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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Other difficulties |
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Nous suivons les mesures barrières du gouvernement. |
China |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Costa Rica |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Côte d’Ivoire |
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Procurement difficulties |
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Croatia |
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Curaçao |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
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Cyprus |
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Czechia |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Denmark |
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Djibouti |
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Dominica |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
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Dominican Republic |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Ecuador |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
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Estonia |
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Finland |
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Germany |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Greece |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Greenland |
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Grenada |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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Guam |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Hungary |
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No / minor difficulties |
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Iceland |
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No / minor difficulties |
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India |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Indonesia |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Israel |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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It is applied to the dress rehearsal we conducted this year (internet and telephone). |
Italy |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Jamaica |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
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Japan |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Kazakhstan |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Kyrgyzstan |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
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Latvia |
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Liberia |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
Closure of establishments |
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Traveling difficulties due to bad roads. |
Liechtenstein |
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No / minor difficulties |
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Lithuania |
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Luxembourg |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Malaysia |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Malta |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Marshall Islands |
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Mauritius |
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Procurement difficulties |
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Other difficulties |
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Census will be done through door-to-door visits with potential risk of propagation of the COVID-19 virus. As safety measures,the Census was postponed to 2022 instead of 2021. |
Mexico |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Other difficulties |
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Increase in non-response in the last week of march. Re-scheduling and re-planning following stages, trying to reduce de delay for results publication. Adapting data processing for operating in “home office”, ensuring confidentiality of the information. |
Micronesia (Federated States of) |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Other difficulties |
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Households not permitting interviewers entry into compounds for fear of COVID-19. |
Mongolia |
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Montenegro |
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Montserrat |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
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Namibia |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
Closure of establishments |
Other difficulties |
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Household does not want to allow field staff to access their dwelling because of the fear of COVID transmission. |
Nepal |
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Netherlands |
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Nicaragua |
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Niger |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
Closure of establishments |
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North Macedonia |
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Northern Mariana Islands |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Norway |
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Oman |
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Panama |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
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Philippines |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Other difficulties |
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Local government rules on quarantine and need for swab tests for enumerators and supervisors; difficulty in covering exclusive subdiv and condominiums which do not allow non residents to enter/enumerate. |
Poland |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
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Not applicable |
Portugal |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Other difficulties |
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Puerto Rico |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Closure of establishments |
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Qatar |
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No / minor difficulties |
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Republic of Korea |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
Closure of establishments |
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Romania |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Other difficulties |
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The staff selection and training will be more difficult due to the need of social distancing. |
Russian Federation |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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Other difficulties |
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Added costs to procure personal protective equipment for field workers and in some cases household members. |
Saint Lucia |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
Closure of establishments |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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San Marino |
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Saudi Arabia |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Serbia |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Seychelles |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Singapore |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Procurement difficulties |
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Slovakia |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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South Africa |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
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Other difficulties |
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Experienced difficulties with reaching respondents, particularly in hard-to-count areas, incomplete online (CAWI) questionnaires and very low response rate with CATI during the tests. |
Spain |
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Sri Lanka |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
Closure of establishments |
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Sudan |
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Sweden |
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Switzerland |
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Tajikistan |
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Thailand |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
Funding limitations/constraints |
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Togo |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
Closure of establishments |
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Turkey |
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Ukraine |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
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United Arab Emirates |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
Closure of establishments |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Other difficulties |
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Other difficulties include atypical scenarios such as students not being present at a term time locality. |
United States of America |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Closure of establishments |
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United States Virgin Islands |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
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Closure of establishments |
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Uruguay |
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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Need to reduce face-to-face interaction |
Personnel not available/ill |
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Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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Other difficulties |
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Coverage problems with public electricity or internet services. |
Zambia |
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Funding limitations/constraints |
Procurement difficulties |
Mobility restrictions/problems with transportation |
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