Information for Managers of LSMS Surveys: Other Tools

From time to time, DECRG will post notices about tools of various sorts that may be useful to persons setting up new LSMS-type surveys. The notice will briefly describe what each tool is and how to obtain it.

1. The LSMS Working Paper Series includes papers on various aspects of survey design and implementation. Survey planners may be especially interested in:

• Deaton, A and S. Zaidi. 2002. "Guidelines for Constructing Consumption Aggregates for Welfare Analysis." Living Standards Measurement Study, Working Paper No. 135. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (Abstract)
   
• Grosh, M. 1991. "The Household Survey as a Tool for Policy Change, Lessons from the Jamaican Survey of Living Conditions." Living Standards Measurement Study, Working Paper No. 80. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (Abstract)
   
• Hentschel, J. and P. Lanjouw. 1996. "Constructing an Indicator of Consumption for the Analysis of Poverty: Principles and Illustrations with Reference to Ecuador." Living Standards Measurement Study, Working Paper No. 124. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (Abstract)
   
• Ravallion, M. 1992. "Poverty Comparisons, A Guide to Concepts and Methods." Living Standards Measurement Study, Working Paper No. 88. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (Abstract)
   
• Kostermans, K. 1994. "Assessing the Quality of Anthropometric Data, Background and Illustrated Guidelines for Survey Managers." Living Standards Measurement Study, Working Paper No. 101. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (Abstract)
   
• Vijverberg, W. 1991. "Measuring Income from Family Enterprises with Household Surveys." Living Standards Measurement Study, Working Paper No. 84. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (Abstract)

2. DECRG annually gives a course, "Multi-topic Household Surveys for Policy", in the World Bank's internal training program. This course is open only to World Bank staff, or to the staff of agencies with umbrella agreements for joint training with the World Bank (eg. the IMF, the IDB, counterpart team members from developing countries who meet language and course pre-requisites, etc.). The course lasts two and a half days. It covers the major parts of the survey cycle -- deciding whether an LSMS-type survey is needed; questionnaires; sampling; field work; data entry, management and documentation; the production of an abstract and data dissemination; ways of fostering data analysis. The course is generally scheduled in December of each year. Eligible persons interested in signing up for the course should contact their training coordinator.

Revised 08/16/06