In this series of presentations Delius Asiimwe of the Kabano Research And Development Centre, Dr.Harouna Wassongma of Consortium pour la recherche économique et sociale (CRES), and Dr. Seni Kouanda of Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), discuss the steps involved in implementing a QSDS, including planning data collection, desiging surveys, and managing and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data.

A critical component of conducting a survey is sampling.  In this series of presentations Dr. Khangelani Zuma, Research Director and Head of Biostatistics at the Human Sciences Research Council, and Dr. Seni Kouanda of Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), discuss various sampling strategies and methods for designing a valid sample for small scale research studies.

Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) and Quantitative Service Delivery Surveys (QSDS) are two diagnostic tools used to identify inefficiencies in public service delivery.  PETS trace the flow of public resources (funds, human and in-kind) from original to the destination and determine the location and scale of anomaly, and QSDS survey the efficiency of service provision.  In this presentation Delius Asiimwe, of the Kabano Research and Development Centre, discusses both methodologies, including similarities and differences between the two, the types of questions each can answ

In Uganda, where 31% of the population lives below the poverty line and less than half the population obtains their medicine in the public sector, the National Government has recently prioritized increase in access to medicines and other health supplies and has pledged to strengthen National Medical Stores.  However, glaring infrastructural and human resource constraints exist, hampering monitoring and supervision, record management, communications, and access to basic utilities.  Due to this, UNHCO and HEPS will be working in partnership to undertake a QSDS to assess the extent t

In this presentation Bernard Gauthier of the World Bank discusses different design and implementation strategies for Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys and Quantitative Service Delivery Surveys. He includes steps that must be taken, the pros and cons of common choices that must be made, examples of successful and less successful studies, and lessons learned from both.