The National Institute of Statistics (INS, Institute National de la Statistique) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo conducted the ECVM 2024 survey with the technical and financial support of the World Bank. The implementation of this survey was carried out using satellite images to constitute the sampling frame. This survey covered a sample of 23 040 households divided into 960 enumeration zones within 26 provinces across the country.
In late January 2025, the security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo took a dramatic turn, when in its eastern part (the two provinces on North and South Kivus), the M23 rebellion took over the capital cities. Several questions were raised, including the socio-economic impact of the war on the well-being of the population. During these times of socio-economic upheaval, households are often impacted in terms of deterioration of living conditions. It is therefore important to assess the impacts that households experienced during this crisis by setting up a collection system via telephone. This is an innovative survey that is perfectly in line with the requirements related to a better monitoring/evaluation system for development programs initiated by the authorities. To this end, the Eastern DRC High Frequency Phone Survey 2025 follows a panel sample of 2000 representative households from the ECVM 2024 survey for a period of six months to assess the impact of the security situation on their living conditions.
