Robert M. Townsend, Interviewed by Stephen Yeo Robert M. Townsend talks about his recent book, co-authored with Krislert Samphantharak, that analyses household finance in developing countries using integrated household surveys. Townsend describes how to create new and more comprehensive household ‘accounts...

Measurements of consumer behavior, firm productivity, and real standards of living across countries are all crucial to understanding economic growth and development as well as shaping policy - but what if the measurements are wrong? At the Milton Friedman Institute for Research in Economics' (MFI...

Leading experts will discuss ways to improve survey design and data collection in developing economies when they meet Dec. 10-11 at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. for “Survey Design and Measurement in Development Economics,” a conference presented by the University of Chicago, the World Bank and...