Research for Development 2ed

How to use this book/PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND PLANNING YOUR RESEARCH /Introduction: Why Research for Development Matters/So What Is Research?/'But I'm not a Researcher': The Contribution of the Development Worker/Who Should Do Research for Development Work? The Broader Issues/Research and Social Change/How to Tell When Research is the Best Approach to a Problem/Using Research in Development Work/So What is the Right Approach to Research for Development Work?/Two Major Research Approaches /Types of Research in Development Work/Programme-Focused and Issue-Focused Research/Using Research for Programme Development/Using Research to Influence Policy/Planning for Effective Research/Quality in Research/Choosing a Research Focus/Defining the Research Questions/Writing a Research Brief/Managing Research/Attracting and Engaging with Funders/Deciding Who Should Do The Research/Selecting and Appointing External Researchers/Managing Costs and Time/Supervising Researchers/Reviewing Existing Evidence/How to Look/Where to Look/How to Use the Internet for Research/Learning Development Research Skills/Where to Start?/Some Ways of Learning Research Skills/Supporting Southern Researchers/PART TWO: COLLECTING DATA/Choosing Methods/Choosing a Research Approach/Choosing Research Techniques/Triangulation: Using More Than One Technique/Collecting and Managing Quality Data/Introduction/Three Characterisics of Good-quality Data/Ways to Improve Quality in Data Collection /Improving Communication with Respondents/Collecting, Recording and Managing Data/Ensuring 'Trustworthiness'/Thinking about Ethics in Research/Codes of Ethics/Responsibilities Towards Respondents: Some Ethical Issues to Consider/Wider Accountability/Responsibilities to Colleagues/Choosing a Sample /What Does Sampling Mean?/Quantitative or Qualitative Sampling?/Probability or Random Sampling/Purposive or Non-Random Sampling/How to Sample For Cases, Location, Time and Events/Including 'Hard-To-Reach' People/Incentives: What Are The Issues?/Collecting Data/How to Ask Questions/Interviews/Focus Groups/Questionnaires/Use of Documentary Sources and Secondary Data Analysis/Observation/Participatory Research/Participation for...?/Participation by...?/Participation in...?/Some Participatory Research Methods/Practical Challenges in Participatory Research /Critical Perspectives on Participatory Research/PART THREE: ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH COMMUNICATION/Undertaking Research Analysis/Getting Organized /What is Analysis?/Interpretation/The Process of Data Analysis/Participation in the Analysis Process/Methods of Analysis/Qualitative Analysis/Quantitative Analysis/So What Does It All Mean? /Writing Effectively/What to Write/What Not to Write/What Must Be Included/How to Write: The Process/Writing Press Releases, Policy Briefs or Journal Articles/Promoting Research Uptake/Building a Successful Communications Strategy/Promotion for Implementation: Influencing Programmes/Promotion for Policy Influence/Some Tools for Communication/Dealing with the Media/Capacity Building/Assessing Research for Development Work/What, Who and When?/Assessing Research Output/Assessing Research Uptake/Assessing Research Impact/Appendix 1: On Monitoring and Evaluation/Appendix 2: Useful Websites/Glossary/References