Doing Development Research

Doing Development Research is a comprehensive introduction to research in development studies that provides thorough training for anyone carrying out research in developing countries. It brings together experts with extensive experience of overseas research, presenting an interdisciplinary guide to the core methodologies. Informed by years of research experience, this book draws together many strands of action research and participatory methods, demonstrating their diverse applications and showing how they interrelate. Doing Development Research is the essential A-Z of development research.

List of contributors

viii

Preface

x

PART I INTRODUCTION

1

(10)

The Raison d'etre of Doing Development Research

3

(8)

PART II STRATEGIC ISSUES IN PLANNING SOUND RESEARCH

11

(102)

Doing Fieldwork in Developing Countries: Planning and Logistics

13

(12)

Tony Binns

Ethical Practices in Doing Development Research

25

(9)

Lynne Brydon

Working in Different Cultures: Issues of Race, Ethnicity and Identity

34

(10)

Caesar R.A. Apentiik

Jane L. Parpart

Women, Men and Fieldwork: Gender Relations and Power Structures

44

(8)

Janet Henshall Momsen

Working with Children in Development

52

(10)

Lorraine van Blerk

Collecting Sensitive and Contentious Information

62

(8)

Margaret E. Harrison

Dealing with Conflicts and Emergency Situations

70

(9)

Morten Boas

Kathleen M. Jennings

Timothy M. Shaw

Working with Partners: Educational Institutions

79

(8)

Bill Gould

Working with Partners: Government Ministries

87

(7)

Mansoor Ali

Andrew Cotton

Working with Partners: NGOs and CBOs

94

(10)

Claire Mercer

Doing Development Research `at Home'

104

(9)

Tim Unwin

PART III INFORMATION AND DATA COLLECTION METHODS

113

(94)

Methods of Social Research and Associated Forms of Analysis

Quantitative, Qualitative or Participatory? Which Method, for What and When?

115

(15)

Linda Mayoux

Field Surveys and Inventories

130

(14)

David Barker

Interviewing

144

(9)

Katie Willis

Focus Groups

153

(10)

Sally Lloyd-Evans

Your Questions Answered? Conducting Questionnaire Surveys

163

(9)

David Simon

Lost in Translation? The Use of Interpreters in Fieldwork

172

(8)

Janet Bujra

Ethnography and Participant Observation

180

(9)

Jan Kees van Donge

Participatory Methods and Approaches: Tackling the Two Tyrannies

189

(11)

Harriot Beazley

Judith Ennew

Diaries and Case Studies

200

(7)

JoAnn McGregor

Using Existing Knowledge and Records

207

(88)

Literature Reviews and Bibliographic Searches

209

(13)

Paula Meth

Glyn Williams

Using Indigenous Local Knowledge and Literature

222

(9)

Cathy Mcllwaine

Using Images, Films and Photography

231

(10)

Cheryl McEwan

Using Archives

241

(10)

Michael Jennings

Remote Sensing, GIS and Ground Truthing

251

(11)

Dennis Conway

Shanon Donnelly

The Importance of Census and Other Secondary Data in Development Studies

262

(11)

Allan M. Findlay

Using the World Wide Web for Development Research

273

(9)

Emma Mawdsley

Data from International Agencies

282

(13)

Jonathan Rigg

Disseminating Findings/Research

295

(25)

Writing an Effective Research Report or Dissertation

297

(13)

Stephen Morse

How is Research Communicated Professionally?

310

(10)

Sally Gainsbury

Cheryl Brown

Index

320

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