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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okr-10986-98112021-04-23T14:02:47Z Ghana's Poverty Monitoring System Canagarajah, Sudharshan Mohan, Prasad C. POVERTY MONITORING LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS SURVEYS CASE STUDIES CONSULTATIVE GROUPS DATA ANALYSIS DATA ENTRY CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING ASSISTANCE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK COUNTERPART FUNDS PROCUREMENT CONSULTING SERVICES BASIC COLLABORATION DATA ANALYSIS DATA COLLECTION DATA ENTRY DATA SET HOUSING CONDITIONS LEARNING LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT MONITORING SYSTEM POOR COUNTRIES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY MONITORING SYSTEMS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY ROM RURAL COMMUNITIES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STATISTICAL OFFICES USERS 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. 2012-08-13T09:35:59Z 2012-08-13T09:35:59Z 2001-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/05/1089530/ghanas-poverty-monitoring-system http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9811 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 64 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Ghana |
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POVERTY MONITORING LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS SURVEYS CASE STUDIES CONSULTATIVE GROUPS DATA ANALYSIS DATA ENTRY CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING ASSISTANCE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK COUNTERPART FUNDS PROCUREMENT CONSULTING SERVICES BASIC COLLABORATION DATA ANALYSIS DATA COLLECTION DATA ENTRY DATA SET HOUSING CONDITIONS LEARNING LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT MONITORING SYSTEM POOR COUNTRIES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY MONITORING SYSTEMS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY ROM RURAL COMMUNITIES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STATISTICAL OFFICES USERS Canagarajah, Sudharshan Ghana's Poverty Monitoring System |
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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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Mohan, Prasad C. |
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Mohan, Prasad C. Canagarajah, Sudharshan |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Canagarajah, Sudharshan |
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Canagarajah, Sudharshan |
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Ghana's Poverty Monitoring System |
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Ghana's Poverty Monitoring System |
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Ghana's Poverty Monitoring System |
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Ghana's Poverty Monitoring System |
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Ghana's Poverty Monitoring System |
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ghana's poverty monitoring system |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/05/1089530/ghanas-poverty-monitoring-system http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9811 |
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