the recruitment of a Resident Advisor to be stationed in-country for an extended period of time who will support survey preparation, implementation and processing. Despite being an arrangement that is envisioned to be rolled out gradually over the period of 2016-2030, we consider this form of intensive engagement to be necessary to ensure that the surveys are implemented in the expected timeframe, as well as to provide long-term capacity building which would ultimately allow the countries to assume more of the technical responsibilities over time.

<mark>The Resident Advisor would work closely with the NSO survey management team to 1) aid in questionnaire design, survey documentation and field staff manuals, 2) provide field staff training, 3) conduct supplementary fieldwork supervision, 4) support data entry, processing and quality control operations, 5) carry out capacity building exercises for the NSO survey management team, and 6) represent the World Bank in in-country meetings as necessary. The primary deliverable tied to the Resident Advisor’s work program would be the cleaned, anonymized unit-record household survey data, ready for public dissemination and with the accompanying survey basic information document, finalized questionnaires, and field staff manuals.</mark> Complementing the Resident Advisor, World Bank staff members (whether placed in the country, region or Washington, D.C.) are envisioned to work on the survey work program on a part-time basis, fulfilling a supervisory role and providing remote support as well as hands-on technical assistance through extended missions on all facets of survey preparation and implementation, including donor coordination, survey design, questionnaire design, fieldwork organization, piloting, household listing, field staff training, establishment of a data quality control system, fieldwork supervision, and data analysis. Following the completion of the fieldwork, this staff member would also provide analytical support to the NSO team working on the survey report and be responsible for quality assurance over the product.

Two specific aspects of a work program that typically need support in a data-deprived setting are sampling design and development of a data entry and processing platform. On sampling, an experienced sampler can be hired in-country, internationally, or from within the World Bank. On the architecture, development, testing and maintenance/troubleshooting of a data entry and processing platform, similar experts would be needed. Depending on the data entry platform for a CAPI or a PAPI operation, Bank staff (especially if using the World Bank’s _Survey Solutions_ CAPI platform) or outside consultant costs may need to be covered.

Furthermore, the technical assistance budget would finance extended missions before, during and following the fieldwork in each round of data collection to work closely with the NSO and field teams and ensure 1) timely commencement of field activities, 2) systematic training and supervision of field staff, 3) appropriate implementation of data entry, processing and quality control protocols, and 4) adequate support towards a NSO analytical work program based on the incoming data for facilitating faster dissemination of the survey report. A portion of the technical 11