Supported by the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) program and the Global Financing Facility (GFF)

For three years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, phone survey data has been critical for policy research on vaccine access, attitudes and take-up. Meanwhile, there are debates about the limits to reliability and suitability of phone surveys to collect data on vaccinations and other health outcomes.

In this seminar, you will get insights from more than two years of cross-country research on COVID-19 vaccination in Sub-Saharan Africa, based on high-frequency phone surveys from six countries supported by the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) program. We will also explore the reliability and suitability of the phone surveys for collecting vaccination data, considering discrepancies between survey-based estimates and administrative records, draw lessons for phone survey implementation and methodology, and discuss the operational implications of their findings.

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Speakers

Philip Wollburg - Economist in the Data Production and Methods Unit of the World Bank’s Development Data Group; a core team member for the World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives. His research interests include agriculture, poverty, health, and climate change in low-income countries, as well as methods and measurement of key development indicators. He holds a graduate degree in development economics from the University of Oxford.

Yannick Markhof - Consultant in the Data Production and Methods Unit of the World Bank’s Development Data Group and PhD fellow at the United Nations University (UNU-MERIT). In his research, Yannick combines survey microdata with experimental, remotely collected, or administrative data sources to investigate questions centering around poverty, resilience building, and innovation in the measurement of key development indicators.

Discussant

Gil Shapira - Economist in the Global Engagement Unit of the World Bank’s Health Nutrition and Population Global Practice. He has been leading an analytical and research program including topics such as impact evaluations of health financing reforms, analysis of gaps and inequities in the quality of health services, and the quantification of disruptions to essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chair

Dr. Monique Vledder - Practice Manager for the Global Health, Nutrition and Population Unit at the World Bank leading the team responsible for technical assistance, analytical work, partnerships and learning on key global health issues including service delivery, climate and health and pandemic preparedness among others. Until recently she was the Head of the Secretariat for the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), a multi-stakeholder global partnership housed at the World Bank.

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