Reflections on the LSMS Group Meeting

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This document contains three papers which give an overview of the major LSMS objectives, efforts, and some problems which may be encountered. The first, Household Surveys as an Instrument for Assessing Living Standards in Developing Countries, considers the use of household surveys as one instrument among many for providing the information needed for planning and evaluating social and economic development. It focuses on an assessment of the areas in which these surveys are the best way of eliciting information and on how to improve use of these surveys. The second paper, Selected Problems in the Implementation of Household Surveys, highlights some of the problem areas, specifically the concept of a household, the measurement of income and expenditures, the concept of employment, the design of surveys, and the tabulation and analysis of results. The third contains the Proceedings of the LSMS Expert Group Meeting, February 25-29, l980.