Estimating Poverty in a Fragile Context : The High Frequency Survey in South Sudan

Estimating Poverty in a Fragile Context : The High Frequency Survey in South Sudan

The High Frequency South Sudan Survey, implemented by the South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted several waves of representative surveys across seven of the ten former states between 2015 and 2017....

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Main Authors: Pape, Utz, Parisotto, Luca
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
CONSUMPTION
POVERTY
SURVEY DESIGN
FRAGILITY
CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/917201548773499646/Estimating-Poverty-in-a-Fragile-Context-The-High-Frequency-Survey-in-South-Sudan
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spelling okr-10986-311902022-09-17T12:16:31Z Estimating Poverty in a Fragile Context : The High Frequency Survey in South Sudan Pape, Utz Parisotto, Luca CONSUMPTION POVERTY SURVEY DESIGN FRAGILITY CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT The High Frequency South Sudan Survey, implemented by the South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted several waves of representative surveys across seven of the ten former states between 2015 and 2017. These surveys provided a long overdue update to poverty numbers in South Sudan, with the previous national poverty estimates dating as far back as 2009. The escalation and expansion of the civil conflict posed severe challenges to the planning and implementation of fieldwork. The surveys therefore capitalized on several technological and methodological innovations to establish a reliable system of data collection and obtain valid poverty estimates. Focusing on the 2016 urban-rural wave, this paper describes the design and analysis of the survey to arrive at reliable poverty estimates for South Sudan, utilizing the Rapid Consumption Methodology combined with geo-spatial data for inaccessible survey areas. 2019-02-01T00:03:14Z 2019-02-01T00:03:14Z 2019-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/917201548773499646/Estimating-Poverty-in-a-Fragile-Context-The-High-Frequency-Survey-in-South-Sudan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31190 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8722 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa South Sudan
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POVERTY
SURVEY DESIGN
FRAGILITY
CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT
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POVERTY
SURVEY DESIGN
FRAGILITY
CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT
Pape, Utz
Parisotto, Luca
Estimating Poverty in a Fragile Context : The High Frequency Survey in South Sudan
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description The High Frequency South Sudan Survey, implemented by the South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted several waves of representative surveys across seven of the ten former states between 2015 and 2017. These surveys provided a long overdue update to poverty numbers in South Sudan, with the previous national poverty estimates dating as far back as 2009. The escalation and expansion of the civil conflict posed severe challenges to the planning and implementation of fieldwork. The surveys therefore capitalized on several technological and methodological innovations to establish a reliable system of data collection and obtain valid poverty estimates. Focusing on the 2016 urban-rural wave, this paper describes the design and analysis of the survey to arrive at reliable poverty estimates for South Sudan, utilizing the Rapid Consumption Methodology combined with geo-spatial data for inaccessible survey areas.
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author Pape, Utz
Parisotto, Luca
author_facet Pape, Utz
Parisotto, Luca
author_sort Pape, Utz
title Estimating Poverty in a Fragile Context : The High Frequency Survey in South Sudan
title_short Estimating Poverty in a Fragile Context : The High Frequency Survey in South Sudan
title_full Estimating Poverty in a Fragile Context : The High Frequency Survey in South Sudan
title_fullStr Estimating Poverty in a Fragile Context : The High Frequency Survey in South Sudan
title_full_unstemmed Estimating Poverty in a Fragile Context : The High Frequency Survey in South Sudan
title_sort estimating poverty in a fragile context : the high frequency survey in south sudan
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/917201548773499646/Estimating-Poverty-in-a-Fragile-Context-The-High-Frequency-Survey-in-South-Sudan
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