title: The Philippine national recording systems on international migration.
abstract: The author reviews migration data sources and government collection agencies in the Philippines.  He finds that "despite the importance of international migration for national policy, efforts to correct the serious data limitations in the area of migration statistics have been limited and uncoordinated.  In fact, most estimates of emigration levels from the Philippines still rely heavily on the data gathered by receiving countries."
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Carino
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006077:Government Agencies; D009938:Organizations; D010679:Philippines; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design
keywords: Asia; Critique; Data Collection; Data Sources; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Evaluation; Government Agencies; International Migration; Measurement; Migration; Migration Policy; Organizations; Philippines; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Population Statistics; Reliability; Research Methodology; Social Policy; Southeastern Asia