Saturday, May 2 / 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM   •   Sapphire Ballroom M

Session 182:
Data and Measurement Challenges in the Developing World

Chair: Eliya M. Zulu, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)
Discussant: Win Brown, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  1. Innovations in the Recruitment of Respondent Driven Samples for Improved Inference to Hidden PopulationsAshton M. Verdery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Giovanna Merli, Duke University ; James Moody, Duke University ; Jeffrey Smith, Duke University

  2. Transforming National Population Surveys in Developing Countries with Mobile Phone TechnologyScott Radloff, Johns Hopkins University ; Amy Tsui, Johns Hopkins University ; Hannah Olson, Johns Hopkins University ; Linnea Zimmerman, Johns Hopkins University ; Luke MacDonald, Johns Hopkins University ; Easmon Otupiri, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) ; Solomon Shiferaw, Addis Ababa University ; Assefa Seme, Addis Ababa University ; Peter Gichangi, International Center for Reproductive Health, Kenya ; Frederick Makumbi, Makerere University

  3. Monitoring Child Mortality Change through Household SurveysKen Hill, Johns Hopkins University ; Agbessi Amouzou, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) ; Eoghan Brady, Johns Hopkins University ; Linnea Zimmerman, Johns Hopkins University ; Livia Montana, Harvard University ; Romesh Silva, Johns Hopkins University

  4. The Extent of Underestimation of Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) DataSaifuddin Ahmed, Johns Hopkins University ; Qingfeng Li, Johns Hopkins University ; Carolyn Scrafford, Johns Hopkins University ; Thomas W. Pullum, ICF International

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