The Pacific Poverty team of the Poverty & Equity Global Practice received a grant of 485,000 dollars for fiscal year FY21 and FY22 Q1-Q2 to support the use of non-traditional data collection in measuring...
This report presents the findings of the second of five planned rounds of mobile phone surveys, as well as the results of a companion survey funded by UNICEF. The first World Bank High Frequency Phone...
This paper evaluates the performance of different small area estimation methods using model and design-based simulation experiments. Design-based simulation experiments are carried out using the Mexican...
The Solomon Islands is a lower middle income small island state in the Melanesian region of the Southwest Pacific. Agriculture, including logging, is central to the economy of the Solomon Islands. To protect...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the largest country in the Pacific region, and one of the most diverse countries in the world. The key development challenge in this lower-middle income country is how to translate...
To respond effectively to crises, policy makers need reliable, timely evidence on its negative effects and transmission channels. Despite limitations compared to face-to-face surveys, rapid response phone...
The Data for Policy (D4P) initiative (D4P) is a new World Bank engagement to improve National Statistical Systems (NSS) by enhancing the availability, timeliness, quality, and relevance of key data for...
High Frequency Mobile Phone Surveys of Households to Assess the Impacts of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is a series that is an overview of a global initiative by the World Bank. The global initiative is to...