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The Pulse of Progress: Harnessing High-Frequency Survey Data for Development Research in the Polycrisis Era

World Bank Conference
Co-organized by The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

The World Bank

Washington, DC

United States

December 17 to 18, 2024

  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 3:00 – 11:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 7:30 – 3:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)
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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.

For more information, please click HERE.

Day 2: December 18, 2024

Food Security and Agriculture | 11:00-12:30pm (EST)

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

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