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LSMS launches high-frequency phone surveys on COVID-19
As part of a global effort by the World Bank, LSMS is launching high-frequency phone surveys in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda to track national responses to COVID-19 and its socio-economic impactsRead More
C4D2 training in Uganda strengthens capacity in measuring consumption through household surveys
A five-day training on “Measuring Consumption through Household Surveys” took place at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, in collaboration with the Center for Development Data of the World Bank. In attendance were 21 participants from national statistics offices and government ministries of Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.Read More
World Bank helps facilitate Italian-Moroccan partnership in official statistics production
The Haut Commissariat au Plan (HCP) of Morocco and the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) have signed on January 8th in Rabat a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at consolidating bilateral cooperation between the two institutions in the field of statistics. The cooperation between... Read More
The Disability Measurement in Household Surveys Guidebook is out
Developed by the LSMS team together with the World Bank’s Social Development Global Practice, the guidebook offers guidance and a set of practical recommendations to survey practitioners on how to collect high-quality individual-level data on disabilities in household surveys.Read More
Measuring Rural Women’s Employment in Surveys: Key Issues for Research and Policy Targeting
Gayatri Koolwal discusses issues and recommendations for measuring rural women’s employment in her new paper, using LSMS-ISA data from four countries.Read More
Publications
WB Working Paper
Employment Data in Household Surveys: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead
Individual-level employment data have a wide range of applications. They are used to monitor labor markets and the Sustainable Development Goals, contribute to understanding and explaining...
WB Working Paper
Improving the Measurement of Rural Women's Employment: Global Momentum and Survey Research Priorities
Rural economies are in transition around the world; in many countries, improved technology and linkages across sectors have expanded access to markets and accelerated production for some farmers. At...
