Documents et rapports
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From Necessity to Opportunity : Lessons for Integrating Phone and In-Person Data Collection for Agricultural Statistics in a Post-Pandemic World (anglais)
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted survey and data systems globally and especially in low- and middle-income countries. Lockdowns necessitated remote data collection as demand for data on the impacts...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10168 Date du document: 8 septembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Zezza,Alberto,Mcgee,Kevin Robert,Wollburg,Philip Randolph,Assefa,Thomas Woldu,Gourlay,Sydney
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Measuring Land Tenure at the Individual Level : Lessons from Methodological Research in Armenia (anglais)
Evidence indicates that land rights are strongly associated with several indicators of well-being and development outcomes, including access to credit, resilience to shocks, productivity, and bargaining...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10140 Date du document: 16 août 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gourlay,Sydney,Maggio,Giuseppe,Safyan,Anahit,Zezza,Alberto
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Eyes in the Sky, Boots on the Ground : Assessing Satellite, and Ground-Based Approaches to Crop Yield Measurement and Analysis (anglais)
Understanding the determinants of agricultural productivity requires accurate measurement of crop output and yield. In smallholder production systems across low- and middle-income countries, crop yields...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 173982 Date du document: 15 juillet 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: David B. Lobell,George Azzari,Burke,Marshall Benajah,Gourlay,Sydney,Zhenong Jin,Kilic,Talip,Murray,Siobhan
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Measuring Individuals’ Rights to Land - An Integrated Approach to Data Collection for SDG Indicators 1.4.2 and 5.a.1 : A Companion Guide for Cognitive Interviewing (anglais)
This guide is intended to support cognitive interviewing in preparation for the implementation of the module on measuring land tenure at the individual level, for monitoring SDGs 1.4.2 and 5.a.1, as described...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 174082 Date du document: 30 juin 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hovhannisyan,Narina,Gourlay,Sydney,Grigoryan, Nvard
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Is Dirt Cheap ? The Economic Costs of Failing to Meet Soil Health Requirements on Smallholder Farms (anglais)
Agricultural productivity is hindered in smallholder farming systems due to several factors, including farmers’ inability to meet crop-specific soil requirements. This paper focuses on soil suitability...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10108 Date du document: 27 juin 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gourlay,Sydney,Kilic,Talip
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Non-Labor Input Quality and Small Farms in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Review (anglais)
Adoption of non-labor agricultural inputs, including pesticides and mineral fertilizers, remains low among small-scale farmers in many low-income countries. Accurate measurement of the quality of these...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10092 Date du document: 17 juin 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Michelson,Hope Carolyn,Gourlay,Sydney,Wollburg,Philip Randolph
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Measuring Energy Access : A Guide to Collecting Data Using the Core Questions on Household Energy Use (anglais)
This guidebook provides survey practitioners with the requisite tools and technical support to successfully integrate the new energy access questions into existing national household surveys. It also provides...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 164938 Date du document: 1 octobre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Koo,Bonsuk,Lewis,Jessica,Portale,Elisa,Adair-Rohani,Heather,Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Gourlay,Sydney,Contreras Gonzalez,Ivette Maria,Pinto,Alisha Noella
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Agricultural Survey Design : Lessons from the LSMS-ISA and Beyond (anglais)
This volume is organized to assess innovations in agricultural survey design, provide practical recommendations on the design and tradeoffs inherent in agricultural survey modules, and lastly to provide...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 164604 Date du document: 1 septembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dillon,Andrew S.,Carletto,Calogero,Gourlay,Sydney,Wollburg,Philip Randolph,Zezza,Alberto
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Locust Invasion in Ethiopia : Scope and Impact - Evidence from the World Bank-Supported High-Frequency Phone Surveys (anglais)
The desert locust, the most destructive migratory pest in the world, is highly mobile and feeds on large quantities of any kind of green vegetation, including crops, pasture, and fodder with great potential...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 159025 Date du document: 1 mai 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ilukor,John,Gourlay,Sydney
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Harnessing Forests as Pathways to Prosperity in Liberia : Policy Note (anglais)
Liberia is the most forested country in West Africa, with more than two thirds of its land surface covered by forest. In 2019, 47.5 percent of the Liberian households (HHs) lived in proximity to and were...
Type de document: Note d'orientation Numéro du rapport: AUS0002098 Date du document: 1 mars 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hooda,Neeta,Costa,Valentina,Gourlay,Sydney,Kishor,Nalin M.,Verheijen,Lesya
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Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Agriculture : Evidence from Five Sub-Saharan African Countries (anglais)
The brief leverages COVID-19 high frequency phone survey (HFPS) data collected primarily by National Statistics Offices (NSO) 2 of five SSA countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda)...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 156042 Date du document: 22 janvier 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amankwah,Akuffo,Gourlay,Sydney
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Food Security in the Face of COVID-19 : Evidence from Africa (anglais)
As the pandemic started spreading to sub-Saharan Africa, one concern has been that of its possible impacts on food security, as the crisis has the potential to exacerbate an already fragile food security...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 155894 Date du document: 1 janvier 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amankwah,Akuffo,Gourlay,Sydney
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People and Forest Interface : Contribution of Liberia’s Forests to Household Incomes, Subsistence, and Resilience (anglais)
Liberia is one of the most forested countries in West Africa, with more than two thirds of its land surface covered by forest. The National Forest Inventory, conducted by the Liberia Forestry Development...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: AUS0001831 Date du document: 21 août 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hooda,Neeta,Ahuja,Naysa,Costa,Valentina,Gourlay,Sydney,Kishor,Nalin M.,Murray,Siobhan,Verheijen,Lesya
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A New Spin on an Old Debate : Errors In Farmer-Reported Production and their Implications for Inverse Scale-Productivity Relationship In Uganda (anglais)
Based on a two-round household panel survey conducted in Eastern Uganda, this study shows that the analysis of the inverse scale-productivity relationship (IR) is highly sensitive to how plot-level maize...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 173981 Date du document: 31 octobre 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gourlay,Sydney,Kilic,Talip,David B. Lobell
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Eyes in the sky, boots on the ground : assessing satellite- and ground-based approaches to crop yield measurement and analysis in Uganda (anglais)
Crop yields in smallholder systems are traditionally assessed using farmer-reported information in surveys, occasionally by crop cuts for a sub-section of a farmer's plot, and rarely using full-plot harvests...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8374 Date du document: 26 mars 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lobell,David B.,Azzari,George,Marshall,Burke,Gourlay,Sydney,Jin,Zhenong,Kilic,Talip,Murray,Siobhan
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Spectral Soil Analysis and Household Surveys : A Guidebook for Integration (anglais)
Soil is a key input in agricultural production and analysis. This guidebook offers practical guidance for integrating spectral soil analysis into household survey operations, particularly in low-income...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 147694 Date du document: 1 octobre 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gourlay,Sydney,Aynekulu,Ermias,Carletto,Calogero,Shepherd,Keith
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Land Tenure Module : Essential Questions for Data Collection for 1.4.2 and 5.a.1 (anglais)
Five modules with essential questions to collect data required for measuring SDG indicators 1.4.2 and 5.a.1 , based on the meta data as approved by the Inter Agency Expert Group on SDGs. This integrated...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 119717 Date du document: 13 septembre 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gourlay,Sydney,Ali,Daniel Ayalew,Brunelli,Chiara,Deininger,Klaus W.,Hilhorst,Dorothea Huberta Maria,Kilic,Talip,Nairesiae,Everlyne,Zezza,Alberto
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Could the debate be over ? errors in farmer-reported production and their implications for the inverse scale-productivity relationship in Uganda (anglais)
Based on a two-round household panel survey conducted in Eastern Uganda, this study shows that the analysis of the inverse scale-productivity relationship is highly sensitive to how plot-level maize production...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8192 Date du document: 12 septembre 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gourlay,Sydney,Kilic,Talip,Lobell,David
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Collecting the dirt on soils : advancements in plot-level soil testing and implications for agricultural statistics (anglais)
Much of the current analysis on agricultural productivity is hampered by the lack of consistent, high quality data on soil health and how it is changing under past and current management. Historically...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8057 Date du document: 11 mai 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gourlay,Sydney,Aynekulu,Ermias,Shepherd,Keith,Carletto,Calogero
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Land Area Measurement in Household Surveys : Empirical Evidence and Practical Guidance for Effective Data Collection (anglais)
Land area measurement is the cornerstone of agricultural statistics, economics, and policy analysis in developed and developing countries alike. With over seventy percent of the developing world’s poor...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 147692 Date du document: 1 août 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Carletto,Calogero,Gourlay,Sydney,Murray,Siobhan,Zezza,Alberto