Data Collection in Fragile States
Innovations from Africa and Beyond
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‘This open access book addresses an urgent issue on which little organized information exists. It reflects experience in Africa but is highly relevant to other fragile states as well.’
—Constantine Michalopoulos, John Hopkins University, USA and former Director of Economic Policy and Co-ordination at the World Bank
Looking at innovations in Africa from mobile phone surveys monitoring the Ebola crisis, to tracking displaced people in Mali, this collection highlights the challenges in data collection researchers face and how they can be overcome.
‘This open access book addresses an urgent issue on which little organized information exists. It reflects experience in Africa but is highly relevant to other fragile states as well.’
—Constantine Michalopoulos, John Hopkins University, USA and former Director of Economic Policy and Co-ordination at the World Bank
Looking at innovations in Africa from mobile phone surveys monitoring the Ebola crisis, to tracking displaced people in Mali, this collection highlights the challenges in data collection researchers face and how they can be overcome.
Addresses an urgent issue on which little organized information exists Highlights experiments of data collection in fragile states Presents methodological issues in data collection
Autor*in
Johannes Hoogeveen
Themen in »Data Collection in Fragile States«
Data collection Fragile states Development economics Economic development African economics African innovations Mobile phone surveys Rapid emergency response survey Displaced people Central African Republic Geo-spatial sampling Rapid consumption surveys Vulnerable populations Open Access