Incorrect knowledge of the health production function may lead to inefficient household choices, and thereby to the production of suboptimal levels of health. This paper studies the effects of a randomised intervention in rural Malawi which, over a six-month period, provided mothers of young infants with information on child nutrition without supplying any monetary or in-kind resources.

This presentation was given at the Centre for Study of African Economies Conference in Oxford on 18-20 March 2012 and the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference in Cambridge on 26-28 March 2012.

This is a case study by Techneos, who produce survey software, on the use of their mobile survey software by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and MaiMwana to look at poverty and reproductive health in Malawi.

This presentation looks at the practicalities of collecting data in a developing country using electronic equipment.