Training

Designing and Implementing Multi-topic Household Surveys: Generating Policy Relevant Data. This course is one module of the multi-module course, Poverty and Inequality Analysis, which is offered annually by the Research Group of the World Bank.  This course is open to World Bank staff and to the staff of other development agencies.  The course lasts 2 to 2.5 days and is held at World Bank headquarters in Washington DC.  The course covers the major aspects of the survey cycle - deciding whether an LSMS-type survey is needed; questionnaires; sampling; field work; data entry, management and documentation; the production of an abstract and data dissemination; ways of fostering data analysis.  The course is usually held in late January/early February. 

Sampling for Surveys. This course is one module of the multi-module course, Poverty and Inequality Analysis, which is offered annually by the Research Group of the World Bank.  This course is open to World Bank staff and to the staff of other development agencies.  The course lasts 2 and is held at World Bank headquarters in Washington DC.  The course covers issues related to survey sample design.  The course is usually held in late January/early February. 

Designing and Implementing Household Surveys.  This course provides a broad overview of the uses of surveys, how they are designed and implemented and new innovations in surveys.  It highlights areas relevant for impact evaluation.  It was presented on March 31, 2009 in Cairo, Egypt as part of the Pre-conference Workshop for the conference Perspectives on Impact Evaluation: Approaches to Assessing Development Effectiveness.

Labor Market Information Systems and Data Analysis.  As part of the World Bank's annual Labor Market Policy Core Course in World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC, the LSMS Team has a session on data availability and analysis related to labor markets.  The most recent course was focused on "Jobs for a Globalizing World" and the LSMS Session was presented on April 7, 2009.