The brief leverages COVID-19 high frequency phone survey (HFPS) data collected primarily by National Statistics Offices (NSO) 2 of five SSA countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda)...
As the pandemic started spreading to sub-Saharan Africa, one concern has been that of its possible impacts on food security, as the crisis has the potential to exacerbate an already fragile food security...
Underweight prevalence among children 6 to 59 months in rural and small-town areas of Ethiopia declined from 26.9 percent in 2012 to 24.9 percent in 2014, while wasting prevalence stalled at 11 percent...
The living standards measurement study-integrated surveys on agriculture (LSMS-ISA) project is an innovative household survey program established with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...
In 2011-2012, Ethiopia’s central statistical agency (CSA), in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted the first wave of the Ethiopia rural socioeconomic survey (ERSS), which collects detailed data...
In developing countries highly dependent on agriculture, non-farm enterprises (NFEs) are often lauded as income diversification opportunities, helping to smooth income in the farming off-seasons. Using...
In 2010, the Nigeria national bureau of statistics implemented the general household survey (GHS), which included a panel component focusing on agriculture and household welfare. The GHS-panel survey was...
In 2011-2012, Ethiopia’s central statistical agency (CSA), in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted the first wave of the Ethiopia rural socioeconomic survey (ERSS), which collects detailed data...
Governments, donors, and the private sector are taking a renewed interest, and investing billions of dollars in Africa’s agriculture. The agriculture in Africa at the dawn of the 21st century - telling...
In 2010-2011, the National Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the World Bank conducted the General Household Survey Panel (GHS-Panel), which collects detailed data on income. The GHS-Panel is a...
In 2011-2012, Ethiopia’s central statistical agency, in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted the first wave of the Ethiopia rural socioeconomic survey (ERSS), which collects detailed data on household...
Poverty can be viewed as taking many different forms, ranging widely over a set of monetary (consumption or income) and nonmonetary dimensions (health and education). Recent literature documents that people...
In 2009-2010, Uganda’s Bureau of Statistics, in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted the first wave of the Uganda national panel survey (UNPS), which collects detailed data on household welfare...
In 2009 and 2010, a small research team conducted a study in rural areas of western Tanzania entitled research on expectations in agricultural production (REAP). The primary aim of REAP was to gather high...
Despite the fact that economic shocks are widely perceived to be important facets of life for many households in sub-Saharan Africa, with important implications for well-being and poverty, data on the...
In 2011-2012, Ethiopiaʼs Central Statistical Agency (CSA), in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted the first wave of the Ethiopia Rural Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS), which collects detailed data...
Agriculture is critically important to both Malawi’s economy and to its social fabric. The majority of farming households practice subsistence agriculture, and their living standards are directly affected...
In 2010-2011, Malawi’s National Statistics Office, in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted the third integrated household survey (IHS3), which collects nationally representative data from households...
Agricultural economists have long debated the efficiency and viability of smallholder agriculture. While much research has shown that small farmers in developing regions are often more efficient than larger...
Violent conflict has significant effects on the welfare, resilience and behavior of individuals, households and communities. These impacts deserve close study at the micro-level, both as a new field of...