Collecting high-frequency data using mobile phones : do timely data lead to accountability? (English)

As mobile phone ownership rates have risen dramatically in Africa, there has been increased interest in using mobile telephones as a data collection platform. This note draws on two largely successful pilot projects in Tanzania and South Sudan that used mobile phones for high-frequency data collection. Data were collected on a wide range of topics and in a manner that was cost-effective, flexible, and rapid. Once households were included in the survey...

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Croke,Kevin;

Dabalen,Andrew L.;

Demombynes,Gabriel;

Giugale,Marcelo;

Hoogeveen,Johannes G.;
Document Date
2013/01/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
74668
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Tanzania, South Sudan, Africa,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa, Africa,
Disclosure Date
2013/01/15
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Collecting high-frequency data using mobile phones : do timely data lead to accountability?
Keywords
baseline survey

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Croke,Kevin; Dabalen,Andrew L.; Demombynes,Gabriel; Giugale,Marcelo; Hoogeveen,Johannes G..

Collecting high-frequency data using mobile phones : do timely data lead to accountability? (English). Economic premise ; no. 102 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/583121468312585129

Collecting high-frequency data using mobile phones : do timely data lead to accountability? (English)

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