The national census is an essential data source to support decision-making in many areas
of public interest. However, this data may become outdated during the intercensal period …

Water quality improvement, sanitation, and hygiene have been demonstrated to have
positive impacts on health, social, and economic development. However, global …

In this paper we develop a typology to help design and improve spatial targeting of food and
nutrition security (FNS) interventions. Using a comprehensive framework, the proposed …

Background Adults are frequently infected with malaria and may serve as a reservoir for
further transmission, yet we know relatively little about risk factors for adult infections. In this …

Despite evidence that older children and adolescents bear the highest burden of malaria,
large malaria surveys focus on younger children. We used polymerase chain reaction data …

Traditional sample designs for household surveys are contingent upon the availability of a
representative primary sampling frame. This is defined using enumeration units and …

African regimes commonly use strategies of balanced ethnic representation to build support.
Decentralisation reforms, often promoted in order to improve political representation and …

As a consequence of a concatenation of external and internal events, the economy of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has informalized to an unprecedented level over …

By applying a stacked survey approach to farmers, processors, and intermediaries, this
study estimates and maps aggregate flows of fresh and processed cassava, rice, milk, and …

Since the signing of the peace treaties in Sun City in 2002, which formalized the beginning
of a new period of political transition, development prospects in the Democratic Republic of …