Ghana's Poverty Monitoring System
The note features the particularly serious problem of poverty monitoring systems in Sub-Saharan Africa, namely through the case of Ghana, where in 1987, the first Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was conducted. It notes though, that over...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/05/1089530/ghanas-poverty-monitoring-system http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9811 |
| Summary: | The note features the particularly
serious problem of poverty monitoring systems in Sub-Saharan
Africa, namely through the case of Ghana, where in 1987, the
first Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was
conducted. It notes though, that over the years data
collection in Ghana improved substantially, where recent
LSMS data for the country, became the centerpiece of
Consultative Group meetings, undoubtedly a "good
practice" that deserves special mention. Lessons, and
trends that facilitated the process address the increased
upstream planning in data entry, data cleaning, and data
analysis, in addition to capacity building, and training
prior to launching surveys. Nonetheless, areas for further
improvement still indicate prevailing institutional
bottlenecks, and delays in the release of counterpart funds,
which are conducive to weak procurement practices,
aggravated by the continued, over-reliance on external consultants. |
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