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Measuring Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Knowledge Gaps and...

Local children sit on a boulder overlooking the Kenyan slum of Kibera ​@Gates Foundation  Despite hundreds of millions spent on more and better household surveys across Africa in recent decades, we...

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Surveying ICT use in education in Africa

I have a better sense of where things are today, but the more important question is: Where are things headed? I began my career exploring the uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs)...

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Facebook, the OECD & the World Bank have a new way to survey businesses

Countries in which firms were surveyed for initial round of “Future of Business Survey” [[tweetable]]Facebook, the OECD and World Bank have just released the “Future of Business Survey”[[/tweetable]]...

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Measuring Poverty in 60 Minutes

Melissa Grant/The Human Geographic/World Bank Designing programs and policies to eliminate extreme poverty and boost the income of the bottom 40% of the world’s population requires reliable data. The...

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Latest from the LSMS: New data from Tanzania and Nigeria, dynamics of...

Message from Gero Carletto (Manager, LSMS) It has been a busy few months for the LSMS team! Together with several Italian and African institutions, we recently launched the Partnership for Capacity...

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Seven tips for conducting field research in education

An elementary student with an enumerator in Wewak, Papua New Guinea. (Photo: Kabira Namit / World Bank) So, you are about to start field research in education. Whether you are planning a randomized...

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Latest from the LSMS: DNA fingerprinting, population mapping, energy access,...

The LSMS team continues to support the World Bank's pledge to collaborate with the 78 poorest countries to collect high-quality national household survey data every three years, to better inform...

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Event: 50 Years of Measuring World Economies – Wednesday May 23, 2018 at 4pm EST

Join us live online or in-person on Wednesday at 4pm for "50 Years of Measuring World Economies" event held at the World Bank James D. Wolfensohn Atrium in Washington, DC.  The International Comparison...

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Latest from the LSMS: New data from Malawi, measuring soil health & food...

  Message from Gero Carletto (Manager, LSMS) A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) in Muscat, Oman, where I joined a panel...

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Latest from the LSMS: The Crowd & The Cloud, debunking myths about African...

Message from Gero Carletto (Manager, LSMS) I would like to take this opportunity to remember Hans Rosling, a friend and supporter of the LSMS. I don’t need to tell you about his contagious enthusiasm...

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