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Mixed Methods Research in Poverty and Vulnerability

Sharing Ideas and Learning Lessons

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Editors:
  1. Keetie Roelen

    1. Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK

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  2. Laura Camfield

    1. University of East Anglia, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Keetie Roelen, Laura Camfield
      Pages 1-6

  4. Evaluation Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Assessing Rural Transformations: Piloting a Qualitative Impact Protocol in Malawi and Ethiopia

      • James Copestake, Fiona Remnant
      Pages 119-148

    3. Evaluating the Impacts That Impact Evaluations Don’t Evaluate

      • Stephen Devereux, Keetie Roelen
      Pages 149-170

  5. From Research to Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. An Inclusive Proposal for the Use of Mixed Methods in Studying Poverty: An Application to a Colombian Municipality

      • María Fernanda Torres Penagos, Edna Bautista Hernández
      Pages 173-196

    3. Challenges and Insights from Mixed Methods Impact Evaluations in Protracted Refugee Situations

      • Sally Burrows, Marian Read
      Pages 197-229

    4. Competing Interpretations: Human Wellbeing and the Use of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

      • J. Allister McGregor, Laura Camfield, Sarah Coulthard
      Pages 231-260

    5. Conclusion

      • Laura Camfield, Keetie Roelen
      Pages 261-270

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 271-281
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About this book

The added value of mixed methods research in poverty and vulnerability is now widely established. Nevertheless, gaps and challenges remain. This volume shares experiences from research in developed and developing country contexts on how mixed methods approaches can make research more credible, usable and responsive to complexity.  

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“The book is well organized and allows the readers to follow the argument straightforwardly. … I consider Mixed Methods Research in Poverty and Vulnerability a significant, fresh and opportune contribution. All the authors have a wide-ranging knowledge of the case studies presented, and the editors managed to bring forward a compact and coherent book which discusses mixed methods linked to the concepts of poverty and vulnerability.” (Marisa R. Ferreira, Progress in Development Studies, Vol. 17 (1), 2017)

'This timely and empirically rich volume adds to the growing chorus of voices in favour of mixed method research on poverty and vulnerability. The authors add new elements to the existing literature, neatly framed in terms of 'credibility, complexity and usability', and make a compelling case for the value-added of such approaches. This book should be consulted widely by academics, development practitioners and policy makers engaged with these issues.' Paul Schaffer, Trent University, Canada

'Growing numbers of researchers believe that well-designed, mixed methods studies are an effective means for analysing and understanding poverty, vulnerability and well-being. This important new book moves beyond advocacy and provides detailed case studies and examinations of 'how' to combine and integrate methods. Essential reading for academic and policy researchers striving to fit their methodological choices to their objectives and research settings.' David Hulme, University of Manchester, UK

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK

    Keetie Roelen

  • University of East Anglia, UK

    Laura Camfield

About the editors

Edna Bautista Hernández, National Planning Department, Colombia Sally Burrows, United Nations World Food Programme James Copestake, University of Bath, UK Sarah Coulthard, University of Northumbria, UK Neil Dawson, University of East Anglia Stephen Devereux , Institute of Development Studies , UK Daniel Edmiston, University of Oxford, UK Eldin Fahmy, University of Bristol, UK Allister McGregor, Institute of Development Studies, UK Simon Pemberton, University of Birmingham, UK Nigel Poole, University of London, UK Marian Read, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Fiona Remnant, University of Bath, UK Eileen Sutton, University of Bristol, UK Lucrezia Tincani, Oxford Policy Management, UK María Fernanda Torres, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico  

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