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This lecture completes the conceptual framework underlying the construction of a measure of living standards. It provides a working definition of consumption expenditure and discusses the adjustments...
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This is the first of three lectures providing detailed recommendations on the collection of food consumption and expenditure data through household surveys. Lecture 5 focuses on the concepts of...
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This course provides a comprehensive review of the theoretical underpinnings of measurement of living standards as well as practical guidelines for questionnaire design and data collection to capture...
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Tobacco use is a major challenge to international development.
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Over the past two decades Ghana has seen a rapid increase in internal migration.
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Following up on Lecture 5, we focus on the definition of the list of food items for which information is collected, on why and how to record meal participation, and on the timing of visits to...
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The goal of this lecture is to provide detailed recommendations on the collection of data on expenditures on non-food, non-durable goods through household surveys. The lecture gives a broad...
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Concluding the discussion on the design of the food module, this lecture focuses on the measurement of consumption of food prepared away from home, and on the use of non-standard measurement units.
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Doubling the rate of improvement of energy efficiency is critical due to growth in energy consumption.
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How can EO technology provide insight on crop water consumption, water use efficiency, and irrigation performance?
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This lecture concludes the definition of the income aggregate, by discussing property income, transfers, and income from the production of household services for own consumption.
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The goal of this lecture is to provide the theoretical basis for the choice of a measure of living standards, which analysts need in order to estimate both poverty and inequality. The material...
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This lecture provides an overview of the many different survey instruments developed and implemented by statistical institutions around the world. The discussion puts household consumption and...
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This is a review of some general principles of questionnaire design, as they apply to the design of surveys to measure consumption. Principles include both general survey planning recommendations,...
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This lecture follows up on Lecture 11 and extends the discussion on data validation and diagnostics. The goal is to provide a conceptual framework and some techniques to detect and treat outliers,...
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This lecture focuses on income and wealth in the context of welfare measurement. In particular, the lecture explains the links between consumption, income, and wealth (stressing the stock dimension...
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Lisa Margonelli shares her bold plan to wean America off of oil.
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Developing the poultry sector in Africa
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The cotton sector faces a variety of sustainability issues, often due to unfavourable trade terms, excessive water consumption, pesticide use, and the use of forced labour
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WWF's Jason says global markets will shift to protect the planet.
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