Research for Development: A practical guide

This handbook provides guidance on both undertaking and managing research in development settings.

Published
February 2003
Price
£24.99
ISBN
9780761973270

This publication can be ordered from our distributor, NBN International.

This book is both a quick reference manual and an indispensable learning tool for all practitioners, researchers and students engaged in development work internationally and locally.

Its two sections, managing research for development, and doing research for development, review the complete research process - outlining the essential role and purpose of research, highlighting issues specific to development research and demonstrating how to evaluate and secure the best results from research.

Praise for Research for Development: A practical Guide

  • "Research for Development achieves the near impossible: it provides vast quantities of useful guidance for almost anyone involved in research for development regardless of the size of your research project or your role within that project.”—Arvac Bulletin
  • "Written by professional researchers, this immensely practical book provides development workers with a more research-oriented point of view, so that they can avoid mistakes in the design of programmes. It will also help them to understand people's needs and respond accordingly."—The Asian Age
  • "It is a beautiful and comprehensive compilation giving scores of instances that prove the essentiality if carrying out a survey of a particular locality for bringing about a change there."—Rafique Jalal, DAWN

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