It combined competition with levels of consumer and social protection unseen in the rest of the world. But there was one type of unfair practice that the Single Market could not prohibit: competitive devaluations. That prospect would undermine the mutual trust that was critical for the Single Market to survive and for the project of greater political integration to progress.
Given that the census provides fundamental information for monitoring the progress of a country and its people over intervals, timely dissemination of good quality census data is crucial for planning, policy formulation, reporting and monitoring of targets at the national, regional and international levels.