World Bank Group

World Bank Group

WBG Pioneer - LSMS Survey Innovation Fellow

Washington, DC, US

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Research

About the role

  • The assignment will contribute to the World Bank's research agenda on survey measurement error and the role that data collection mode plays in shaping the quality of household survey data.
  • It will also provide the Fellow with practical experience in survey methodology, field experiment implementation, data quality monitoring, and applied quantitative research.
  • The scope of work includes supporting questionnaire refinement, survey implementation, data quality monitoring, and data analysis.

Responsibilities

  • 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 study is designed to allow for systematic decomposition of survey measurement error.
  • The Fellow may also contribute to research outputs and develop an independent research question using project data, in consultation with the research team.

Company info

  • As part of this agenda, DECSU is implementing a randomized survey experiment to generate rigorous evidence on survey measurement error and the role that data collection mode plays in shaping the quality of household survey data.
  • Duties and Responsibilities The Fellow will be part of the team supporting an ongoing randomized survey experiment in Bangladesh.

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