living standards measurement study kinnon scott june, 2003 decrg- world bank
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Living Standards Measurement Study
Kinnon ScottJune, 2003
DECRG- World Bank
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Living Standard Measurement Study
(i) Research program originally Household surveys with community and
price data and facility data Multi-topic- focus on determinants Robust money-metric measure of welfare
(MDG 1)
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Living Standard Measurement Study
(ii) Consolidation Variety of contexts, countries
Validation of methodology Analytic techniques
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Living Standard Measurement Study
(iii) Decentralization Capacity building Tools Dissemination
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LSMS Surveys
Ever more important source of informationPoverty Reduction StrategiesMillennium Development Goals
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LSMS: Data for the MDGs
Halve income poverty
Halve hunger
Proportion of population < $1 (PPP) a day
Poverty gap ratio
Share of poorest quintile in national consumption
Prevalence of under-weight children under 5 yrs of age
% of population below minimum dietary energy consumption
MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty &hunger
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Providing Data for the MDGsi. Eradicate extreme poverty and hungerii. Achieve universal primary educationiii.Promote gender
equalityiv. Reduce child mortalityv. Improve maternal
healthvi. Combat HIV/AIDS,
malariavii.Ensure environmental sustainability
Halve income povertyHalve hunger
Universal primary education
Gender equality in education
2/3 ↓in child mortality3/4 ↓in maternal mortality ratioHalt spread of AIDSHalt incidence of MalariaIntegrate sustainable dev.Halve pop. w/out safe water
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New Initiatives for LSMS
Focus on improvements, meeting new needsSeveral projects to do this
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Comparative Living Standards Project (CLSP)
Extension of activities to facilitate, increase data use– Document and archive the 60+ LSMS survey
data bases– Improvements in data access
policies/agreements– Provide data and documentation to
researchers (data set, Basic Information Document, Questionnaire, Additional Information)
– All in electronic format (and hardcopy)– In-country activities (collaboration,training)
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Two key problems in further dissemination/use of data
1. No easy way to determine the content of all the surveys
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CLSP: Meta Data of LSMS Surveys
Create web-based tool containing meta data describing the contents of existing LSMS data sets
• Searchable Data Base– By topic– By country– By year
• Update continually
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CLSP--Problem 2:
Many potential users do not have skills to analyze micro-data
Many potential users do not have time to analyze multiple data
basesUnder-utilization of the data
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CLSP: Comparative Data Base
Create a database of a subset of variables/indicators from LSMS Surveys
Focus on comparability across countries, documenting carefully
Allow ‘on-the-fly’ tables/statistics/regressions within and
among countriesRespecting sampling (weights,
representat.) Attention to welfare measures
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LSMS Surveys: New Initiatives
Public goods nature of dataNew demands
Short- medium term: (i) Expand knowledge (ii) Expand dissemination
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LSMS: New Initiatives
(i) Improve Knowledge -test suggested modules -carry out experiments- accuracy,
efficiency, quality -new concepts- feasibility, usefulness - new technologiesAll leading to increased quality of data- for
MDGs, for PRSPs, for sectoral issues
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LSMS- New Initiatives
(ii) Expand dissemination -work with other organizations involved
in household surveys -work with statistical agencies to
implement experiments and carry out analysis - conferences on innovations in survey methodology, analysis of micro-data
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Partnerships
Data Users and Data ProducersInternational organizations and
national organizationsRegional organizationsNSOs, line ministries, research
groups
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Selected BibilographyDeaton, Angus and Salman Zaidi,. 2002. “Guidelines for
Constructing Consumption Aggregates for Welfare Analysis.” LSMS Working Paper No. 135, World Bank, Development Economics Research Group Department, Washington, D.C.
Grosh, Margaret and Paul Glewwe (2000). Designing Household Survey Questionnaires for Developing Countries: Lessons fro 15 years of the Living Standards Measurement Study. World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Martin Ravallion, “Poverty Comparisons: a Guide to Concepts and Methods”, LSMS Working Paper No. 88.
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Selected BibilographyGrosh, Margaret and Juan Munoz, “ A Manual for
Planning and Implementing the Living Standards Measurement Study Surveys” LSMS Working Paper, No. 126.
World Bank (2000). “Nicaragua: Ex-Post Impact Evaluation of the Emergency Social Investment Fund (FISE)”, Report No. 20400-NI, Washington D.C.
LSMS Web Site: http:/www.worldbank.org/lsms
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