This paper examines the impact of livelihood diversification on food insecurity amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis uses household panel data from Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria in which the first...
The availability of weather data from remotely sensed Earth observation data has reduced the cost of including weather variables in econometric models. Weather variables are common instrumental variables...
Since 2008, the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) program has supported the collection of nationally representative, longitudinal, multi-topic...
Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated, or display inconsistencies over time in poorer countries. To address these data challenges...
Since 2020, many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have experienced disruptions to agricultural activities due to the adverse effects of multiple global crises. Notably, the Russian invasion of Ukraine caused...
Survey data on household consumption are often unavailable or incomparable over time in many low- and middle-income countries. Based on a unique randomized survey experiment implemented in Tanzania, this...
Against the background of high inflation, climate shocks, and concerns about rising food insecurity, this study documents the state of economic sentiments and expectations of households in five African...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its economic and social effects on households have created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its economic and social effects on households have created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis...
This note presents the results of the eleventh round of a nationally representative telephone survey. Data collection took place between June 28 and July 20, 2021. In addition to the 1946 households successfully...
This note presents the results of the eleventh round of a nationally representative telephone survey. Data collection took place between June 28 and July 20, 2021. In addition to the 1946 households successfully...
This note presents the results of the eleventh round of a nationally representative telephone survey. Data collection took place between June 28 and July 20, 2021. In addition to the 1946 households successfully...
This note presents the results of the eleventh round of a nationally representative telephone survey. Data collection took place between June 28 and July 20, 2021. In addition to the 1946 households successfully...
This note presents the findings of the ninth round of a nationally representative telephone survey (HFPS). The BFA COVID-19 HFPS – Round 9 was administered between April 20 and May 2, 2021. In addition...
This note presents the findings of the ninth round of a nationally representative telephone survey (HFPS). The BFA COVID-19 HFPS – Round 9 was administered between April 20 and May 2, 2021. In addition...
This note presents the result of the tenth round of a nationally representative telephone survey. Data collection took place between May 25 and June 17, 2021. In addition to the 1,971 households successfully...
This note presents the result of the tenth round of a nationally representative telephone survey. Data collection took place between May 25 and June 17, 2021. In addition to the 1,971 households successfully...
This note presents the findings of the ninth round of a nationally representative telephone survey (HFPS). The BFA COVID-19 HFPS – Round 9 was administered between April 20 and May 2, 2021. In addition...
This note presents the findings of the ninth round of a nationally representative telephone survey (HFPS). The BFA COVID-19 HFPS – Round 9 was administered between April 20 and May 2, 2021. In addition...
This note presents the result of the tenth round of a nationally representative telephone survey. Data collection took place between May 25 and June 17, 2021. In addition to the 1,971 households successfully...