Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Research in Development Projects

Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Research in Development Projects

Author: Michael Bamberger

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780821344316

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A report based on a workshop held in 1998 at which outside research specialists and World Bank staff discussed the importance of integrating quantitative and qualitative research methods and reviewed experiences in the use of mixed method approaches in Bank research and project design.


Q-squared, Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Poverty Appraisal

Q-squared, Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Poverty Appraisal

Author: S. M. Ravi Kanbur

Publisher: Orient Blackswan

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9788178240534

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Increasingly It Is Recognized That Policy Design For Attacking Poverty Requires An Approach That Makes Best Use Of The Relative Strengths Of Qualitative And Quantitative Analytical Tools, Applied To The Situation At Hand. This Volume Brings Together The World Leaders In Analysis From Both Sides Of The Divide To Push The Dialogue Forward.


Combining the Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Poverty Measurement and Analysis

Combining the Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Poverty Measurement and Analysis

Author: Soniya Carvalho

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9780821339558

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This study examines the impact of paddy irrigation investments, operations, and maintenance in Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as the conclusions of a performance audit of flood control schemes at three sites in Bangladesh. Findings from the review contradict the dominant model for government-operated, gravity-fed irrigation schemes in the humid tropics. The irrigation schemes are performing less well than expected at appraisal, mainly because of falling paddy prices, overoptimism about the crop area served, and project design faults. Results emphasize the value of co-production, involving pragmatic approaches to operation and maintenance under which public irrigation agencies, local authorities, and farmers work together to address specific problems and strengthen appropriate incentives.


Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Author: David L. Morgan

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2013-06-21

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1483313662

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Focusing on research designs for projects that collect both qualitative and quantitative data, this practical book discusses strategies for bringing qualitative and quantitative methods together so that their combined strengths accomplish more than is possible with a single method. The approach is broadly interdisciplinary, reflecting the interest in mixed methods research of social scientists from anthropology, communication, criminal justice, education, evaluation, nursing, organizational behavior, psychology, political science, public administration, public health, sociology, social work, and urban studies. In contrast to an "anything goes" approach or a naïve hope that "two methods are better than one," the author argues that projects using mixed methods must pay even more attention to research design than single method approaches. The book’s practical emphasis on mixed methods makes it useful both to active researchers and to students who intend to pursue such a career.


The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty

The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty

Author: David Brady

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 937

ISBN-13: 0199914052

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The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty builds a common scholarly ground in the study of poverty by bringing together an international, inter-disciplinary group of scholars to provide their perspectives on the issue. Contributors engage in discussions about the leading theories and conceptual debates regarding poverty, the most salient topics in poverty research, and the far-reaching consequences of poverty on the individual and societal level.


Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-based Research

Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-based Research

Author: Leonard Jason

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0190243651

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The Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-Based Research is intended to aid the community-oriented researcher in learning about and applying cutting-edge quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches.


Measurement and Meaning

Measurement and Meaning

Author: Estanislao Gacitúa-Marió

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780821350546

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This yearÂ's Global Economic Prospects argues for reshaping the global architecture of world trade to promote development and poverty reduction. The report focuses on four policy areas: -Using the WTO ministerial to launch a Â"development roundÂ" of trade negotiations that would reduce global trade barriers. -Engaging in global collective action to promote trade outside the negotiating framework of the WTO. -Adopting pro-trade development policies of high-income countries unilaterally. -Enacting new trade reform in developing countries. The report contends that the policies recommended in these four areas would reshape the global trade architecture in a way that would enhance the prospects of developing countries and reduce world poverty. While the most likely scenario is for recovery beginning in 2002, todayÂ's slow growth of global trade and weakening financial flows to all but the most creditworthy countries, has impeded growth in developing countries. Global Economic Prospects 2002 concludes that the long-term promise of well-implemented trade reform is therefore tangible: a world with a much higher standard of living, hundreds of millions lifted out of poverty, and a sharp increase in children living beyond their fifth birthday to become productive citizens of the world.


Studies of Welfare Populations

Studies of Welfare Populations

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2001-12-20

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 0309170389

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This volume, a companion to Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition, is a collection of papers on data collection issues for welfare and low-income populations. The papers on survey issues cover methods for designing surveys taking into account nonresponse in advance, obtaining high response rates in telephone surveys, obtaining high response rates in in-person surveys, the effects of incentive payments, methods for adjusting for missing data in surveys of low-income populations, and measurement error issues in surveys, with a special focus on recall error. The papers on administrative data cover the issues of matching and cleaning, access and confidentiality, problems in measuring employment and income, and the availability of data on children. The papers on welfare leavers and welfare dynamics cover a comparison of existing welfare leaver studies, data from the state of Wisconsin on welfare leavers, and data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth used to construct measures of heterogeneity in the welfare population based on the recipient's own welfare experience. A final paper discusses qualitative data.


Mixed Methods Research in Poverty and Vulnerability

Mixed Methods Research in Poverty and Vulnerability

Author: Keetie Roelen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-08-13

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 113745251X

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The added value of mixed methods research in poverty and vulnerability is now widely established. Nevertheless, gaps and challenges remain. This volume shares experiences from research in developed and developing country contexts on how mixed methods approaches can make research more credible, usable and responsive to complexity.