Chronicles from the field : the Townsend Thai project /
"This fascinating and accessible text describes Townsend's field research efforts in Thailand that span over 15 years, making it perhaps the longest running, high-frequency panel data set in a developing country. The survey has provided detailed and accurate information about household fin...
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Cambridge, MA :
MIT Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the history of the Townsend Thai surveys
- Discovering a country and a collaborator
- The baseline survey : 60,000 questions in two months
- The annual resurveys : the financial crisis and beyond
- The monthly surveys
- Developing the information systems : local knowledge and global technologies
- Dreams and reality : expanding the project
- Forging new ground : expanding to urban areas
- Looking back : reflections of a survey veteran
- Epilogue : research findings & policy recommendations / by Robert M. Townsend.