The Accelerated Data Program ( ADP )The International Household Survey

Network ( IHSN )

PARIS21 Steering CommitteeParis, 6 June 2008

IHSN: progress and plans

Progress• Further development of our data management tools

– the Microdata Management Toolkit

– The NADA application, a web-based survey cataloguing system

– Microdata anonymization tools.

– + documentation and dissemination guidelines

• Development of the IHSN Question Bank– participation of various IHSN partners and others on the content– Application now working– will be the main component of the IHSN work program in the coming months

• The maintenance of the IHSN survey catalog (3600 surveys)

 

Plans for next months• Development and launch of the Question Bank• Dissemination of microdata anonymization tools and guidelines• Finalization of a Survey quality assessment framework• Identify possible solutions to improve the planning of future surveys by international

survey sponsors

ADP: progress and plans

Progress• Demand for ADP Task 1 support has exceeded what had been anticipated. • More international partners are joining the program. Expansion from pilot phase?• ADP Task 2 (harmonization and improvement of survey methods and programs) has

been initiated in Cameroon and Mali.• ADP Task 3 (support to data collection) is limited.• MAPS evaluation

 

Plans for next months• Expand Task 1• Implement Task 2 in 5-6 countries• Continue (limited) Task 3• Prepare for a specific external evaluation (with IHSN)

ADP implementation: pilot Countries

Africa• Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo (DR) *, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea *, Kenya, Liberia, Mali,

Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda (+ Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland [TFSCB])

• Interested: Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Tanzania

Asia• Bangladesh, Fiji, Indonesia, Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

Central and South America• Guatemala, Haiti*, Honduras, Peru• Interested : Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Uruguay

Middle East• Yemen*• Interested : Palestine

Improving microdata management

Surveys, status

‘Known surveys’ are Best Estimates Available ‘Known surveys’ are Best Estimates Available

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Documenting microdata

DDI Metadata Editor

PDF,HTML output

http://69.89.2.24/nada

http://www.ubos.org/nada1

http://www.lisgis.org/nada/

UgandaNigeria

Liberia

http://www.csa.gov.et/nada/

Ethiopia

Accessing microdata: National Data Archives live

Improving survey quality and data harmonization

Proposed solution: national question banks(XML repository of re-usable survey metadata)