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Cheaper, Faster, and More Than Good Enough: Is GPS the New Gold Standard in Land Area Measurement?

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dc.contributor.authorCarletto, Calogero
dc.contributor.authorGourlay, Sydney
dc.contributor.authorMurray, Siobhan
dc.contributor.authorZezza, Alberto
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-09T19:28:15Z
dc.date.available2016-08-09T19:28:15Z
dc.date.issued2016-07
dc.description.abstractIn rural societies of low- and middle-income countries, land is a major measure of wealth, a critical input in agricultural production, and a key variable for assessing agricultural performance and productivity. In the absence of cadastral information to refer to, measures of land plots have historically been taken with one of two approaches: traversing (accurate, but cumbersome), and farmers' self-report (cheap, but marred by measurement error). Recently, the advent of cheap handheld GPS devices has held promise for balancing cost and precision. Guided by purposely collected primary data from Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania (Zanzibar), and with consideration for practical household survey implementation, the paper assesses the nature and magnitude of measurement error under different measurement methods and proposes a set of recommendations for plot area measurement. The results largely point to the support of GPS measurement, with simultaneous collection of farmer self-reported areas.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26588492/cheaper-faster-more-good-enough-gps-new-gold-standard-land-area-measurement
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7759
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/24840
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper,no. WPS 7759;
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7759
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectland
dc.subjectland management
dc.subjectcadastral information
dc.titleCheaper, Faster, and More Than Good Enoughen
dc.title.subtitleIs GPS the New Gold Standard in Land Area Measurement?en
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okr.crossref.titleCheaper, Faster, and More Than Good Enough: Is GPS the New Gold Standard in Land Area Measurement?
okr.date.disclosure2016-07-21
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26588492/cheaper-faster-more-good-enough-gps-new-gold-standard-land-area-measurement
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7759
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08447b095_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum26588492
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryEthiopia
okr.region.countryNigeria
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Land Administration
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Land Information Systems
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Land and Real Estate Development
okr.unitDevelopment Data Group, Development Economics
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