Somaliland Household Survey 2012-2013

The Somaliland Household Survey aimed to provide statistics at the national level and a disaggregation between the capital, Hergaisa and the rest of the country (combining the rural and other urban area).The World Bank contracted Kimetrica International to conduct two surveys. Somaliland does not have a census-based frame to use for designing a representative sample survey. The objectives of the SHS include:

1. To provide data from different sources for different reasons. The household survey was designed to provide consumption data, which would be used to compute consumption based poverty estimates.
2. To provide baseline data to be used for computing indicators developed by finance and private development sector (The World Bank) in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and were designed to provide country comparable statistics on the business environment.

During the preparatory phases for the SHS 2013, it was felt that this survey of villages was not the most accurate given the elapsed time that had passed and the likelihood that the population centers may have shifted (given climate, political and cultural realities).There has been an explicit demand from various Somaliland parties for socioeconomic data collection and analysis. Private sector development during and soon after the conflict has gained increasing attention in Somaliland, given the important contribution of the private sector to have peace. Buildings and state buildings are seen as a stabilizing economic force and source of sustainable growth. The private sector plays a role in employment provision.