Daisy Nascimento
Reporter Agência Brasil

Rio - Technicians from the Brazilian government statistical bureau (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) (IBGE) have arrived in Guinea-Bissau, a west African, Portuguese-speaking, nation, where they will assist the local National Institute of Statistics and Census in a broad survey of the country in 2007.

At that time Guinea-Bissau authorities intend to update mapping of the country, making them more accurate, along with a population census. The IBGE will provide assistance in making the surveys and processing, analyzing and publishing data.

This cooperation effort is part of a South-South Cooperation Sub-Program between the two countries.

Translation: Allen Bennett