Improving the quality of development assistance: What role for qualitative methods in randomized experiments?

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Prowse, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1271-468X and Camfield, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0165-9857 (2013) Improving the quality of development assistance: What role for qualitative methods in randomized experiments? Progress in Development Studies, 13 (1). pp. 51-61. ISSN 1464-9934

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Abstract

While randomized experiments can be valuable tools in evaluating aid effectiveness, research designs limit the role of qualitative methods to 'field visits' or description of contexts. This article suggests expanding the role of qualitative methods and highlights their advantages and limitations relative to survey methods. It reviews a range of qualitative methods and suggests that life histories are compatible with the internal and external validity criteria of randomized experiments. It illustrates this with a case study of their proposed use in an evaluation of the promotion of Jatropha curcas, a second-generation biofuel, in Malawi.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development
University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
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Date Deposited: 25 Oct 2013 12:54
Last Modified: 09 Apr 2024 02:37
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43893
DOI: 10.1177/146499341201300104

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