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Rural Market Price Survey 2017-2020

Rwanda, 2017 - 2020
Development Impact Evaluation (DIME)
Maria Ruth Jones, Florence Kondylis, John Loeser
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Identification

Survey ID Number
RWA_2017-2020_RMPS_v01_M
Title
Rural Market Price Survey 2017-2020
Country
Name Country code
Rwanda RWA
Study type
Price Survey [hh/prc]
Abstract
A survey of select rural markets in Rwanda captured monthly data on price and availability of a basket of 68 goods. Data was captured every month from January 2017 to November 2020 for 130 markets; 18 additional markets have data from 2017 and 2018 only. The markets are not a random sample and were selected based on their proximity to roads scheduled for rehabilitation by the Government of Rwanda. Markets are spread across 21 districts in Rwanda, covering all 4 provinces.

This is a panel dataset of monthly price data from a selected sample of rural markets in Rwanda, with data points starting in January 2017 and ending in November 2020.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Product (one observation per product per month per market).

Version

Version Date
2021-01-12

Scope

Notes
Price data for a basket of 69 products, from 148 rural markets across 21 districts in Rwanda. Data starts in January 2017 and goes through November 2020. This dataset contains only availability and average price of each product per market per month. The additional indicators captured in the questionnaire are embargoed at this time but will be released in the future.

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
The dataset includes markets in 21 districts of Rwanda, covering all 4 provinces.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Maria Ruth Jones World Bank
Florence Kondylis World Bank
John Loeser World Bank
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation
Impact Evaluation for Development Impact (i2i) Trust Fund i2i

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Markets were purposively sampled, based on proximity to roads prioritized for rehabilitation by the Government of Rwanda.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2017/01/01 2020/11/30
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
Supervision
Regular field supervision was provided by the organization responsible for data collection, Innovations for Poverty Action - Rwanda. Supervision included regular unannounced field visits and refresher trainings of all enumerators every other month. Research team staff conducted random spot checks of field work.
Data Collection Notes
Data was collected through in-person interviews (enumerators recorded data on tablets) from January 2017 through March 2020. Due to the global pandemic, fieldwork halted in March 2020 and data collection switched to phone-based surveys using the same enumeration team and a comparable survey instrument.
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation
Innovations for Poverty Action - Rwanda IPA - Rwanda

Data Processing

Data Editing
2-3 price points were taken per product at each market per month. In order to deal with outliers, prices were logged and averaged to get mean monthly prices, then exponentiated to be interpretable. Where a product was not available, there is no price data. However, there are cases where a product was available but price data was not available. Indicators other than availability and price are embargoed and not included in the dataset at this time.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email
Maria Ruth Jones DIME, World Bank mjones5@worldbank.org
Confidentiality
Access conditions
Licensed Data. Access must be requested from the lead researchers.
Citation requirements
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download

The World Bank. Rwanda Rural Market Price Survey (RMPS) 2017-2020. Ref: RWA_2017-2020_RMPS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [uri] on [date].

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_RWA_2017-2020_RMPS_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Development Data Group DECDG World Bank Documentation of the Study
Date of Metadata Production
2021-01-12
DDI Document version
Version 01

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