In 2009 and 2010, a small research team conducted a study in rural areas of western Tanzania entitled research on expectations in agricultural production (REAP). The primary aim of REAP was to gather high frequency quantitative data on agricultural inputs and farmers’ subjective expectations for uncertain outcomes such as weather, prices, and crop yields. Instead of embedding enumerators in survey villages for an extended period of time, the REAP team used mobile phones to conduct surveys on a high frequency basis.
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2015/12/31
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Document Type
Brief
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Report Number
147746
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Volume No
1
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1
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Disclosure Date
2020/04/17
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Using Mobile Phones to Collect Panel Data
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Keywords
living standard measurement; short time horizon; mobile network; agricultural input; high frequency; low rate; rural area; credit transfer; battery charge; average cost; cotton farmer; study area; network access; road quality; real time; sample household; panel data; gender discrimination; small fraction; quantitative data; crop yield; interview time; electric grid
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Dillon,Brian
Using Mobile Phones to Collect Panel Data (English). LSMS Integrated Surveys on Agriculture Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/935271587126638461/Using-Mobile-Phones-to-Collect-Panel-Data