The present publication presents the "state of the art" on several important aspects of conducting household surveys in developing and transition countries, including sample design, survey implementation, non-sampling errors, survey costs, and analysis of survey data. The main objective of this handbook is to assist national survey statisticians to design household surveys in an efficient and reliable manner, and to allow users to make greater use of survey generated data.
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This looks like a very useful resource for development researchers. I have not read all of it, but from what I have seen, it will likely become a common reference for me. It's out of print, but it is now publicly available in PDF format on the UN's website. You can find it by doing a search for the title.