Living Standards Measurement Study

ICAS IX, the International Conference on Agricultural Statistics, took place at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC from May 17 to 19, 2023. A number of LSMS experts shared visionary ideas, groundbreaking research, and tangible accomplishments. 

Focusing on migration studies, Stefano M. Iacus from Harvard University first gives an overview of the current state of data innovation in the scientific literature and then points out at areas in which data innovation has the most concrete potential. He concludes by showing some applications of these data sources and related methodologies to the study of the current Ukrainian crisis.

The Rome Center for Development Data offered two sessions on measuring income and wealth in household surveys during a conference called “Measuring Income, Wealth and Well-being in Africa” in Arusha, Tanzania.

The conference took place between November 10-13, 2022 and was hosted by the International Association for Research on Income and Wealth (IARIW) and the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (TNBS).

This workshop focused on the construction of CEQ Income concepts, the estimation of fiscal equity impact indicators and their interpretation, CEQ extensions for gender equality, with Ethiopia-specific examples of CEQ Assessments and extensions.

The LSMS for Nutrition Learning Hub aims to support and enable the generation and use of household survey data to inform nutrition-related research, programs and policies.     

This workshop aims to share knowledge on good practices for the use of household surveys for welfare analysis.

The XVI EAAE Congress stimulates three days of interactions among scholars, businesses, policy makers and representatives from civil society which will improve farming and life in Europe and beyond. After its postponement due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Congress took place on 20-23 July, 2021.

This webinar assessed the impact of data collection mode on official statistics and the current methodologies NSOs are using to distinguish the mode effect from the pandemic effect.

How can we measure the impact of agricultural research and innovations in a world that is rapidly changing and facing climate-related challenges? A recent webinar on “Shining a brighter light: Data-driven evidence on adoption and diffusion of agriculture innovations in Ethiopia” organized by the CGIAR in coordination with The World Bank in January 2021, discussed these key issues.

This webinar provides an overview of the labor market impacts of the pandemic among individuals in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda. The analysis is based on the data from the first wave of World Bank-supported phone surveys, conducted during the period of May-June 2020.    

This webinar provides an overview of the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic among individuals and households in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda. Watch the event recording here.

The Haut Commissariat au Plan (HCP) of Morocco and the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) signed on January 8th in Rabat a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at consolidating bilateral cooperation between the two institutions in the field of statistics.