Blog from July, 2021

Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the importance and benefits of phone surveys have been increasingly recognized around the world. However, many National Statistical Offices and survey practitioners had limited experience in conducting phone surveys, and the implementation guidelines were lacking. Phone surveys differ from traditional face-to-face interviews in many aspects and require specific technical skills and considerations in order to yield high-quality data. Against this background, the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) team partnered with the Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM - a consortium of faculty at the University of Maryland at College Park, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and Westat) and with financial support from the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (TFSCB), developed training materials to serve as a guide for phone survey practitioners. This training covers each stage of the phone survey life cycle, including questionnaire design, sampling design, use of Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing, and remote data quality monitoring.

Access the Remote Training on Phone Surveys at https://olc.worldbank.org/content/remote-training-phone-surveys

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We can get a much clearer picture of the development challenges faced by humans and the environment when data from national statistical offices (NSOs) are combined with geospatial data. But integrating traditional data and geospatial data requires a tactical approach.
This guide provides comprehensive, step-by-step guidance for NSOs in low and middle-income countries to overcome challenges and seize opportunities to obtain better data for better lives.

Download the paper at paris21.org/geospatial

Have you registered for the ISI World Statistics Congress 2021? Then don't miss the following session, which will introduce our Data Integration Community of Practice and its achievements.

IPS 109 - New Data Sources Meet Household Surveys: Scaling-up Innovation for Official Statistics to be held on Tuesday 13 July 2021 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (BST).