Abstract

This project seeks to generate spatially disaggregated data to track local market outcomes, in particular retail prices, in Kenya and Uganda during the ongoing pandemic, and study the importance of different channels that drive the observed market outcomes. The researchers rely on a quick-response online survey to track product prices and availability of selected essential consumer products across Kenya and Uganda since March 2020. The data are collected with the help of volunteers, mainly university students and affiliates of NGOs, who record information through an online form on their smartphone - either when or after visiting a shop in-person or getting deliveries. Through the survey, the researchers further collect information on product brands, shop and neighbourhood characteristics.

Questionnaire Description

This is the survey instrument for the project, "Tracking Price Dynamics during a Pandemic in Kenya and Uganda."

Project Data Collection Mode

Researchers (*corresponding author)

George Kinyanjui, Verena Wiedemann, Doreen Rubatsimbira

Partners

The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), The International Growth Centre (IGC) Uganda

Questionnaire File Type

Reader-friendly survey instrument

Questionnaire Language(s)

English