The Accelerated Data Program (ADP) provides technical and financial support to survey data documentation and dissemination, and improvement of survey methods. 
The IHSN does not have ownership and is not mandated to disseminate country microdata. But we maintain a central survey catalog, and provide links to national or international databanks. Nineteen trainees from the Philippine Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) participated in the IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit Training and DDI Production Workshop, and started producing DDIs for surveys on food and agriculture from 31 August to 04 September 2009 in Rizal province.... read more »
The Institut National de l’Enfance (IHE) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti recently completed implementing the Global Fund 5 Year Evaluation household survey and under funding provided by ICF Macro, developed an archive using the IHSN NADA application (see: read more »
This mission was framed in the process of the development of the State Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) in the State of Yucatan, supported by the World Bank. The Microdata Management Toolkit Training Workshop involved 26 participants - eight from the State Secretary of Planning... read more »
The IHSN Toolkit Training and DDI Production Workshop for Cambodia was held in Siem Reap from 28 September to 2 October 2009. The Training was conducted by the ADP Asia team in coordination with the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of Cambodia. Participants were 13 personnel from the... read more »
This document produced by the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social research (ICPSR) provides basic guidance for managers in statistical agencies who are responsible for preserving data using the principles and good practice defined by the digital preservation community.
The IHSN is a partnership of international organizations seeking to improve the availability, quality and use of survey data in developing countries. This informal network was established as a recommendation of the Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics.
The IHSN is served by a light Secretariat managed by the World Bank Development Data Group and the Paris21 Secretariat at OECD.
