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. The ADP conducted an Introductory Microdata Management Toolkit Training at the new training facilities at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The ADP is formalizing its program and the ADP assistance will include technical assistance to enhance the data recovery efforts initiated... read more »
A regional group of Arabic users of the Toolkit met in Tunis to review and update the translated version of the Toolkit into Arabic. The workshop was hosted by the Institut National de la Statistique. The group included participants from: CAS in Lebanon, CAPMAS in Egypt, UNESCWA, INS Tunisia... read more »
The IHSN and the Joint Monitoring Program on Water and Sanitation (JMP) presented the results of the ADP Task 2 workshop conducted in Nigeria. The DfID Statistician’s retreat was attended by over 30 regional and country statistical advisors.
The IHSN gave two presentations: one on Data Anonymization and another on the Question Bank at the IASSIST Conference. The Paper on the Question Bank provide insight into the tools being developed by the IHSN as did the anonymization presentation.
The Global Fund recently undertook a 5-Year Impact Evaluation (GF5YE) attempting to measure reduction of disease burden of Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis. The GF5YE implemented its evaluation through a Consortium of institution including: Marco International, WHO, Hopkins University,... 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.
