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<p>Household survey data are very useful for monitoring living conditions of citizens of any country. In developing countries, a lot of this data are collected through "traditional" face-to-face household surveys. Due to the remote and dispersed nature of many populations in developing countries, but also because of the complex nature of many survey questionnaires, collection of timely welfare data has often proved expensive and logistically challenging. Yet, there is a need for faster, cheaper to collect, lighter, more nimble data collection methods to address data gaps between big household surveys. The recent proliferation of mobile phone networks has opened new possibilities. By combining baseline data from a traditional household survey with subsequent interviews of selected respondents using mobile phones, this facilitates welfare monitoring and opinion polling almost real time. The purpose of this handbook is to contribute to the development of the new field of mobile phone data collection in developing countries. The handbook documents how this innovative approach to data collection works, its advantages and challenges. The handbook draws primarily from the authors' first-h

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Author

Andrew Dabalen; Alvin Etang; Johannes Hoogeveen; Elvis Mushi; Youdi Schipper; Johannes von Engelhardt; Kristen Himelein

Publisher

Washington, DC: World Bank

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781464809040

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Business, Management, Sociology