The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), the World Bank’s flagship household survey program, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are co-organizing a conference, The Pulse of Progress: Harnessing High-Frequency Survey Data for Development Research in the Polycrisis Era, which will take place on December 17-18, 2024, at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
This two-day hybrid conference will celebrate four years of the LSMS conducting longitudinal High-Frequency Phone Surveys (HFPS) in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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Day 2: December 18, 2024
Food Security and Agriculture | 11:00-12:30pm (EST)
- Discussant: Olivier Ecker, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Extreme Weather, Shocks and Socioeconomic Impacts | 1:00-3:00pm (EST)
- Chair: Ruth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRI
A Moderated Panel Discussion: Longitudinal, Mixed-Mode Surveys to Meet Knowledge and Policy Needs of the Polycrisis Era | 3:30-5:00pm (EST)
- Panelist: Ruth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRI