Methods for development work and research : a guide for practitioners

By: Mikkelsen, BrithaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 1995Description: 296 pages : illustrationsISBN: 8170364582 (India-hb) ; 0803992297(US-hb)Subject(s): Economic development - Research - Methodology | Development work | Economic developmentDDC classification: 330.072
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Issues, Approaches and Problem Analysis in Current Development Thinking -- 3. Participation -- Concept and Methods -- 4. Using Indicators and Semi-Structured Interviews -- 5. Participatory Approaches -- Ranking and Scoring and Making Maps and Diagrams -- 6. Poverty and Gender Analysis -- 7. Monitoring and Evaluation and Sustainability Analysis -- 8. Critical Considerations of PRA Methods -- Sampling and Validation -- 9. Different Types of Development Studies and Complementary Field Study Methods -- 10. Conclusions on Ethics and Interventions -- Annex: Procedures Regarding Permission to Undertake Research.
Summary: It is a guide of vital importance to researchers, trainers and extension workers, especially those collaborating with communities in Third World countries' - The European Journal of Development Research
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Includes index

1. Introduction --
2. Issues, Approaches and Problem Analysis in Current Development Thinking --
3. Participation --
Concept and Methods --
4. Using Indicators and Semi-Structured Interviews --
5. Participatory Approaches --
Ranking and Scoring and Making Maps and Diagrams --
6. Poverty and Gender Analysis --
7. Monitoring and Evaluation and Sustainability Analysis --
8. Critical Considerations of PRA Methods --
Sampling and Validation --
9. Different Types of Development Studies and Complementary Field Study Methods --
10. Conclusions on Ethics and Interventions --
Annex: Procedures Regarding Permission to Undertake Research.

It is a guide of vital importance to researchers, trainers and extension workers, especially those collaborating with communities in Third World countries' - The European Journal of Development Research

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