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The World Bank - Africa Region

Africa Household Survey Databank

Antoine Simonpietri - Pascal Heus


Household Surveys & Population Census

Why do we need surveys?• Study and monitor poverty• Evaluate impact of policies• Plan government services• Produce country indicators

Who are the users?• Country• International Organizations• Researchers


The role of the Databank

• Guarantee data availability and preservation

• Develop common infrastructure

• Promote dissemination and use of the data

• Improve communication between the data producer and data consumer

• Country capacity building


Main Issues

• Data collectionWhere do we find the data and documentation?

• Preservation and storageHow do we centralize and archive the information?

• DisseminationHow can we improve the use of the data?

• Capacity BuildingHow do we transfer knowledge to the country?


• List of surveysWhat? Where? Who? ASK THE COUNTRY NSO / WORLD BANK

• AvailabilityStorage condition, availability, medium? PAPER, ELECTRONIC FILES, FORMATS, LOST

• CollectingHow to find the information? MISSIONS TO COUNTRY NSO

• CompletenessIs all the information available? DATA, REPORTS, MANUALS, QUESTIONNAIRES

Data Collection Issues

WORK WITH THE COUNTRY NSO!


Data Archive Issues

• BuildingNo standard solution exists. IMPLEMENT CUSTOMIZED APPLICATION

• Standard formatWhich file format should we use? MS-ACCESS DATABASE , PDF DOCUMENTS

• QualityHow can we improve data quality? CHECK DATA SETS (LABELS, CONSISTENCY) PROVIDE STANDARD FRAMEWORK TRAINING


Data Dissemination Issues

• ClientsWho are the end users. COUNTRY, INTERNATIONAL ORG., RESEARCH

• Dissemination formatsWhich medium or channel should we use? CD-ROMS, WORLD WIDE WEB

• MarketingHow do we promote the existence and availability? SEARCH ENGINES, BROCHURES, MAILING LISTS

• Country policiesData are usually not public domain. ADVOCATE A MORE OPEN POLICY


Capacity Building Issues

• Transfer the knowledgeHow do we provide the country with the capacity? TRAINING, REGIONAL WORKSHOPS

• Transfer the technologyHow de we improve the infrastructure? COUNTRY DATABANK (2001)

THIS IS THE KEY!The knowledge is in the country


Main Issues Revisited

• Data collectionWhere do we find the data and documentation? WORK WITH THE COUNTRY NSO

• Preservation and storageHow do we centralize and archive the information? STANDARDIZED INFRASTRUTURE

• DisseminationHow can we improve the use of the data? WEB, CD-ROM, MARKETING

• Capacity BuildingHow do we transfer knowledge to the country? WORKSHOPS, COUNTRY DATABANK


Key Differences

• EnvironmentPoor infrastructure, working conditions No international networkOutdated equipmentSocio-economic and political situation

• StatisticsData / Documentation availabilityData qualityDissemination policy

• TechnologyNo standard softwareDevelop communication channels


METADATA

Databank Information Structure

Surveys

DocumentationData Sets

FILES

MS

-AC

CE

SS

RA

W

SPSS, SAS, Stata, Ascii,...XML? Other?

Word, Excel, Scanned (TIF),...PDF


Databank Management Tools

SURVEY NAVIGATOR

Background infos Methodology

SamplingData Collection

Content, Topics, VariablesData SetContacts

...

DOCUMENT NAVIGATOR

TitleAuthorsAsbtract

Publication DateSource

CategoriesScanning

...

DDI / XML Compliant Dublin Core Compliant


Databank Dissemination Tools

WEB SITE

Overview Survey Navigator

Document NavigatorSearch Engines CD-ROM Library

NSO Contacts List…

Int. Organizations, researchersIntranet / Internet

Metadata, documentation

SDAP CD-ROMS

ArchiveEasy to Produce

InexpensiveSurvey Data

DocumentationManual in English / French

...

Country, remote usersLow or no connectivityFull Data dissemination


Databank Status

• Surveys 316 catalogued 108 with complete data and documentation

• Documents 2,754 documents (survey, references,…) 85% available in PDF

• Web site 300 Visitors / day, 150,000+ hits / month

• CD-ROMs 62 produced, 17 duplicated in large quantities

• Capacity Building 3 Regional workshops (35 participants total) Several training session in Washington, DC

• Storage 13 Gb, 13,500 Files


Ongoing Developments

• Country Databank- Pilot in Burkina, Senegal in 2001

• Navigator tools- Merge existing products- Data Set Navigator (software?)- CD-ROM management

- Multiple archive centers (sync,web)- Web publication tools- Runtime version for CDs- New functionalities, more XML compliant

• Web site- New Navigator interface- Country page- Web administration tools (Country + World Bank)

• Data Quality- Define Framework (Stockholm, LEG,...)


Survey Navigator


Document Navigator


Web Site

Http://www.worldbank.org/afr/[email protected]


The Survey Data Analysis Package


The World Bank - Africa Region

Africa Household Survey Databank

Antoine Simonpietri - Pascal Heus

World Bank, Africa Region, Africa Household Survey Databank - Email [email protected] The...

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