World Bank Group

WBG Pioneer - LSMS Survey Innovation Fellow

Washington, DC, US

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Data AnalysisResearch

About the role

This project examines how droughts, floods, and heatwaves causally affect household welfare in Nigeria, including asset holdings, consumption, and labor allocation.
The data collection process has concluded, and the data has been prepared for analysis.
It will also provide the Fellow with practical experience in survey methodology, field experiment implementation, and applied quantitative research.

The Development Economics Survey Unit (DECSU) in the World Bank Group's Development Economics Vice Presidency supports the production and use of high-quality household survey data in low- and middle-income countries.
Through the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) program, DECSU advances methodological innovation in household survey design, implementation, and data quality, with a focus on improving the evidence available for development policy and research.
The Fellow may also contribute to research outputs and develop an independent research question using project data, in consultation with the research team.

As part of this agenda, DECSU is implementing a study to understand better how extreme weather events affect households and agricultural activities.
The study leverages the General Household Survey Panel (GHS-Panel), a longitudinal survey in Nigeria and is part of the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) program.
Duties and Responsibilities The Fellow will be part of the team to conduct the data analysis and paper writing about the study.

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