Lessons for a Cost-Effective Rural or Post-Disaster Household Survey (Discussion Summary and Transcript)

This is the Summary and Discussion Transcript for Speakers Corner #30: Lessons for a Cost-Effective Rural or Post-Disaster Household Survey. This event took place on January 27-28, 2009.

Gathering household data for microfinance or development can be difficult and costly in rural, post-disaster, and other challenging environments. This Speaker's Corner online discussion focused on best practices and lessons learned in doing market research in challenging conditions. The forum addressed the choice of survey tools, survey development and implementation, managing the terrain and infrastructure challenges of rural and post-disaster environments, and how to incorporate the survey data into future product design. Featured participants shared insights about cost-effective implementation – sometimes on very limited budgets.