Information for Managers of LSMS Surveys: Manual

The following is a description of:
Grosh, M. & Muņoz, J. 1996. A Manual for Planning and Implementing the Living Standards Measurement Study Surveys. LSMS Working Paper #126, The World Bank.




The manual is designed to guide the many
collaborators involved in planning Living Standard Measurement
Study (LSMS) surveys -- staff from planning, statistical and
sectoral agencies in government, and from academia, development
agencies and technical assistance firms -- through the process of
planning and implementing an LSMS survey. The manual (which is
being translated into Russian and Spanish) provides practical
information that previously was only available by word-of-mouth,
which enables the reader to learn from LSMS experience. Topics
covered in the manual are: survey budgets and work plans;
questionnaire formatting and development; sample design; field
operations; data management and dissemination; ideas for spurring
data analysis. The extensive set of quality controls used in LSMS
surveys is explained in detail. From there the manual focuses on
the process of adapting the LSMS methodology to each country's
individual objectives and constraints. 



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        Abstract
        
        Foreword
        
        Table
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        Chapter
        1: Introduction 
        Information on How to Obtain This
        Paper 
    







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