Methodological Challenges and New Approaches to Research in International Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Laura Camfield

      Pages 1-16

3. Relationships

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Ethics, Intimacy, and Distance in Longitudinal, Qualitative Research: Experiences from Reality Check Bangladesh

      • Malin Arvidson

      Pages 19-37

   3. What’s in it for us? Consent, Access, and the Meaning of Research in a Qualitative Longitudinal Study

      • Rebecca Taylor, Malin Arvidson, Rob Macmillan, Andri Soteri-Proctor, Simon Teasdale

      Pages 38-58

   4. Going Back to Re-study Communities: Challenges and Opportunities

      • Graham Crow

      Pages 59-75

   5. Taking a Well-being Approach to Fisheries Research: Insights from a Sri Lankan Fishing Village and Relevance for Sustainable Fisheries

      • Sarah Coulthard, Lahiru Sandaruwan, Nasheera Paranamana, Dilanthi Koralgama

      Pages 76-100

4. Time and Changes over Time

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Researching Social Change and Continuity: A Complexity-Informed Study of Twenty Rural Community Cases in Ethiopia in 1994–2015

      • Philippa Bevan

      Pages 103-140

   3. Patterns of Socio-economic Mobility in Rural Bangladesh: Lessons from Life History Interviews

      • Peter Davis

      Pages 141-174

   4. Household Surveys — Using Qualitative Data to Enhance Our Understanding of Household Dynamics over Time

      • Pamela Nasirumbi Muniina, Janet Seeley, Sian Floyd

      Pages 175-193

   5. Using Qualitative and Panel Data to Create Durable Measures of Child Poverty and Well-being across Childhood

      • Keetie Roelen

      Pages 194-213

5. Analysis and Representation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215

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   2. Epistemology and Ethics in Data Sharing and Analysis: A Critical Overview

      • Joanna Bornat

      Pages 217-237

   3. Replication of Quantitative Work in Development Studies: Experiences and Suggestions

      • Maren Duvendack, Richard Palmer-Jones

      Pages 238-260

   4. Replicating “Sources of Slow Growth in African Economies”

      • Graham Davis

      Pages 261-282

   5. Reflexive Relations and the Contested Creation of Epistemic Diversity in the Safe Motherhood Initiative

      • Dominique Béhague, Katerini Storeng

      Pages 283-308

   6. Conclusion

      • Laura Camfield

      Pages 309-324

6. Back Matter

   Pages 325-340

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Development researchers face many challenges in producing robust and persuasive analyses, often within a short time-frame. This edited volume tackles these challenges head-on, using examples from other fields to provide practical guidance to research producers and users.

• Methodology
• research
• international development
• evidence-based policy
• restudy
• replication
• secondary analysis
• ethics
• intimacy
• retention
• longitudinal
• critical
• development studies
• research relationships
• rigour
• robustness
• quality
• credibility
• Governance
• Policy

• School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK

  Laura Camfield

Malin Arvidson, Lund University, Sweden Dominique Béhague, Vanderbilt University, USA Philippa Bevan, Oxford University, UK Joanna Bornat, Open University, UK Sarah Coulthard, Northumbria University, UK Graham Crow, University of Edinburgh, UK Graham A. Davis, Colorado School of Mines, USA Peter Davis, Independent Scholar, UK Maren Duvendack, University of East Anglia, UK Sian Floyd, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Pamela Nasirumbi, Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research at University College London, UK Richard Palmer-Jones, Independent Scholar, UK Keetie Roelen, Institute of Development Studies, UK Janet Seeley, University of East Anglia, UK Katerini Storeng, University of Oslo, Norway Rebecca Taylor, University of Birmingham, UK

Policies and ethics