Tracking resource and policy impact in Malawi : Incorporating Malawi poverty reduction strategy paper indicators, millennium development goals & poverty monitoring across sectors

This report is prepared jointly by National Statistical Office in Malawi and Statistics Norway. The objective has been to establish a system for statistical information to follow the potential effects of resources related to poverty and/or allocated to social sectors and through all steps from available public service towards the final outcome and end goals. This has included overall national policies affecting resource allocation for social sectors; allocation and distribution of resources between and within sectors; access to and use of social service; outcome and achievements; poverty reduction and other end goals; and feed back to economic, human and social development. The information presented aims at allowing the reader to follow resource allocation from policy decisions towards human welfare and quality of life, and the feed back towards economic and social development. Data presented are selected to provide information for indicators of the Malawi Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and the Millennium Development Goal indicators and resources which potentially might affect these indicators

Aleneforeldres levekår og tidsbruk

I denne publikasjonen legger Statistisk Sentralbyrå fram resultatene fra en undersøkelse blant aleneforeldre. Datagrunnlaget er et særutvalg av aleneforeldre ved Tidsnyttingsundersøkelsen 1980-81. Arbeidet er utført som oppdrag for Forbruker- og administrasjonsdepartementet

Aleneforeldres levekår og tidsbruk

I denne publikasjonen legger Statistisk Sentralbyrå fram resultatene fra en undersøkelse blant aleneforeldre. Datagrunnlaget er et særutvalg av aleneforeldre ved Tidsnyttingsundersøkelsen 1980-81. Arbeidet er utført som oppdrag for Forbruker- og administrasjonsdepartementet

Welfare Core Survey. Guidelines for design of a core survey for a household survey system

This report builds upon experience gained jointly with development partners in several national statistical offices, mainly in Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and South Sudan over a period of 15 years and demonstrates how to build a survey to document a given set of information needs in a regular manner with a core survey. The survey may be implemented as a self-standing exercise or combined with various subject matter modules. The welfare dimensions of the Millennium Development Goals have been the core information for regular reporting. The report aims at documenting and justifying all steps of a core survey. This includes how to write a concept paper presenting the survey to a broader audience, how to design the questionnaire whether in paper or electronic format, sampling, planning and implementation of field work including training, manuals and control forms, data entry and quality control, time-line, budget and economic supervision, dummy tables, and recommendations for dissemination, storage of data, meta-data, and technical documentation. The objectives and outline were prepared by Wold. Iversen and Schøning were instrumental in preparing the final prototype questionnaire building upon our cooperation with colleagues in the partner national statistical offices. They further prepared the draft prototype questionnaire and manuals which are enclosed as appendices. Jointly with Øvensen, they prepared inputs on survey implementation, field work and data processing. Opdahl and Jentoft prepared the first draft on sampling and Kristiansen the chapter on dissemination. Wold and Iversen wrote all contributions into a final report. We like to thanks colleagues in several partner countries for a joint learning process over several years and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for providing the main bulk of funding for this cooperation.publishedVersio