Combining service design and discrete choice experiments for intervention design: An application to weather index insurance

Dehmel, Naira, Ran, Ylva, Osborne, Matthew, Verschoor, Arjan, Lambe, Fiona, Balungira, Joshua, Tabacco, Giovanni, Perez-Viana, Borja, Widmark, Erik and Holmlid, Stefan (2021) Combining service design and discrete choice experiments for intervention design: An application to weather index insurance. MethodsX, 8. ISSN 2215-0161

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Abstract

In this paper we provide a detailed description of the methodological steps involved in conducting a Service Design study in combination with Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs). It complements the conceptual and epistemological argument developed for this methodological combination in Osborne et al. (2021, World Development, in review WD-19535). Service Design for the co-creative development of policy interventions in complex adaptive systems involves an iterative process of moving between the six methodological stages of (1) problem co-definition, (2) actor-centred mapping, (3) experience-based problem diagnosis, (4) rapid prototyping, (5) design and testing and (6) upscaling. We suggest using DCEs as a quantitative method that is contextually adaptable and comparatively fast and cheap to implement, as part of stage (6) design and testing. Whilst both methods can operate independently with their own strengths and limitations, we find their combination to add value to the processes and outcomes of each. We illustrate the general methodological approach with a step-by-step description of its application to Weather Index Insurance in eastern Uganda.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	climate insurance,combining service design thinking and discrete choice experiments,complex adaptive systems,design thinking,development programming,stated preference methodology,uganda,clinical biochemistry,medical laboratory technology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1308
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	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 Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	11 Sep 2021 00:18
Last Modified:	12 Jun 2023 08:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/81393
DOI:	10.1016/j.mex.2021.101513

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