Procedures for Collecting and Analyzing Mortality Data in LSMS
Procedures for Collecting and Analyzing Mortality Data in LSMS

Author: Susan Hill Cochrane

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 166

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Infant/child mortality data might be appropriate for describing the well-being of households, as it can be used to estimate differences between socioeconomic groups and to analyze correlates of mortality. A well-defined mortality rate is specific to a particular age interval and time period and requires information on the number of deaths, by age, during a defined time period and the population at risk, by age, during the same time period. Accurate information of this sort is difficult to obtain. This report reviews three possible methodologies for estimating mortality rates, and identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each. The specifics of data collection and techniques for transforming the collected data into mortality estimates are given. The three techniques are: (i) direct estimation with reference period data; (ii) indirect estimation with childhood survivorship data; and (iii) indirect estimation with reference period data. Analysis of the data is based on mortality differentials and multivariate analysis, which produce two quite different sets of issues.

Model Living Standards Measurement Study Survey Questionnaire for the Countries of the Former Soviet Union
Model Living Standards Measurement Study Survey Questionnaire for the Countries of the Former Soviet Union

Author: Raylynn Oliver

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780821339343

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Living Standards Measurement Survey Working Paper No. 130.This document presents a set of Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) questionnaires that have been developed for use in the Russian-speaking countries of the former Soviet Union. The questionnaires are available in English and Russian, as well as in an electronic format. The document describes in detail how to modify the questionnaires for use in any specific country. The author guides the questionnaire writer through the modification process, illustrating the important aspects of LSMS surveys, the translation and field-testing procedures, and a section-by-section description of the types of modification that are likely to be required to suit particular goals and circumstances.Also available in Russian : (ISBN 0-8213-3935-4) / Stock No. 13935

Guidelines for Constructing Consumption Aggregates for Welfare Analysis
Guidelines for Constructing Consumption Aggregates for Welfare Analysis

Author: Angus Deaton

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780821349908

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In September 2001, staff from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund met with the objective of strengthening collaboration between the two organizations in projects of civil service reform. This strengthened collaboration will have key benefits in ensuring consistency between the conflicting goals of the two organizations, establishing realistic objectives within the reform process, and maintaining a core set of wage and employment data. The principal conclusion arrived at was that World Bank and IMF staff should be engaging in collaboration earlier in the reform process. To guide the collaboration, six foundations were identified. These include: develop a medium-term fiscal framework; foster national ownership by making reforms politically feasible; focus and streamline conditionality; agree on sequencing and timing of reforms; and strengthen data collection. These principals will be tested for effectiveness in several focus countries.

Social Impact Assessment And Monitoring
Social Impact Assessment And Monitoring

Author: Michael J Carley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-28

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1000311775

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This systematic, critical review of more than 600 recent publications in social impact assessment (SIA) and related fields is based on the authors' belief that SIA is more than an analytical technique--it is also a logical and timely response to our ever-growing need for more and better information to facilitate decision making in an increasingly c

Chronic Illness and Retirement in Jamaica
Chronic Illness and Retirement in Jamaica

Author: Sudhanshu Handa

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780821340875

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This paper explores the impact of six noncommunicable chronic diseases (NCCDs) on Jamaicans' decisions to retire. Using the 1991 and 1992 Survey of Living Conditions database it examines the significantly negative impact that NCCDs have on people remaining in employment. Chapters present findings that suggest the need to integrate health and labor market policies; discuss health transition and the labor market in Jamaica; give data, samples, and health measures; provide an econometric model; examine NCCDs in respect to gender and other social issues; and present sensitivity analysis on the impact of physical health status on employment.

The Collection of Price Data for the Measurement of Living Standards
The Collection of Price Data for the Measurement of Living Standards

Author: G. Donald Wood

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Published: 1985

Total Pages: 86

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This paper considers ways of collecting price data in a Living Standard Survey. Its objective is to comment on the efficiency of collecting price data through household surveys and to consider alternative methods for obtaining such information. The paper provides a general overview of problems encountered in the construction of price indices over time and among different regions at a point in time and offers practical solution to them.

Improving Data on Poverty in the Third World
Improving Data on Poverty in the Third World

Author: Paul Glewwe

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 41

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This paper is an account of the World Bank's effort to collect household-level data on poverty in developing countries and what that data says about the effects of government policies on living conditions of the poor. The main objective of the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) surveys is to provide household-level data for evaluating the population's living conditions. This paper gives a history of LSMS and shows general trends that emerged in studies for which LSMS data are available: (a) most of the poor are in rural areas; (b) most of the poor are in households in which the head works in agriculture; and (c) the heads of poor households have low levels of education. Selected results of studies on the persistence of poverty, the effects on the poor, structural adjustment, food stamps and food subsidies, and raising user fees for health care and education are presented.

Poverty Comparisons and Household Survey Design
Poverty Comparisons and Household Survey Design

Author: Steven Howes

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780821338629

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World Bank Discussion Paper No. 356. The World Bank has become the world's largest lender in the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sectors, requiring the institution to seek ever greater evidence that its work is effective on the ground. This paper reviews the literature on the causes of observed changes in health and fertility levels, on the evaluation of policies, and on programs designed to accelerate these changes. It presents a framework that delineates the relationships between Bank activities in the HNP sectors, the characteristics of a health care system, household behavior, and changes in health outcomes. The paper also describes a strategy for assessing the development effectiveness of the Bank's work in these sectors. The underlying thesis is that changes in health policy and improved outcomes depend on the the demand for health services and on institutional incentives that drive health care system performance.