Bringing context to poverty in rural Rwanda:Added value and challenges of mixed method approaches

Dawson, Neil (2015) Bringing context to poverty in rural Rwanda:Added value and challenges of mixed method approaches. In: Mixed Methods Research in Poverty and Vulnerability. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137452504

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Abstract

This chapter contributes to the way poverty is defined, measured and researched. Attempts to measure poverty in Rwanda, from consistent, objective indicators like the multidimensional poverty index to more subjective and context-specific efforts like participatory poverty assessments, are critically analysed and found to be inadequate representations, which overlook important social and political determinants of poverty. An integrated mixed methods approach is applied to assess wellbeing from the perspective of rural Rwandans, attending to subjective and relational dimensions as well as material factors. This more grounded, holistic approach to poverty serves to reconcile the polarised views about the effectiveness of Rwandan development and highlights how such research can inform poverty-alleviation policies. Some of the persistent barriers to mainstreaming such approaches are also realistically appraised.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	development, mixed methods research, social research methods, methodology, development economics,sdg 1 - no poverty ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Global Environmental Justice
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	19 Nov 2015 08:26
Last Modified:	18 May 2023 00:53
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/55468
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