Doing Development ResearchVandana Desai, Rob Potter 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. |
Contents
List of contributors | |
The Raison dêtre of Doing Development Research 3 | |
Planning | |
Ethical Practices in Doing Development Research 25 | |
Issues of Race | |
Gender Relations and Power Structures 44 | |
Working with Children in Development 52 | |
Collecting Sensitive and Contentious Information 62 | |
Katie Willis | |
Focus Groups 153 | |
Lost in Translation? The Use of Interpreters in Fieldwork 172 | |
Ethnography and Participant Observation 180 | |
Tackling the Two Tyrannies 189 | |
Diaries and Case Studies 200 | |
ii USING EXISTING KNOWLEDGE AND RECORDS 207 | |
Using Indigenous Local Knowledge and Literature 222 | |
Dealing with Conflicts and Emergency Situations 70 | |
Educational Institutions 79 | |
Government Ministries 87 | |
Doing Development Research at Home 104 | |
INFORMATION AND DATA COLLECTION METHODS 113 | |
Field Surveys and Inventories 130 | |
Using Images Films and Photography 231 | |
Remote Sensing GIS and Ground Truthing 251 | |
Using the World Wide Web for Development Research 273 | |
iii DISSEMINATING FINDINGSRESEARCH 295 | |
How is Research Communicated Professionally? 310 | |
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References to this book
Research Skills for Policy and Development: How to Find Out Fast Alan Thomas,Giles Mohan Limited preview - 2007 |
Research Skills for Policy and Development: How to Find Out Fast Alan Thomas,Giles Mohan Limited preview - 2007 |