Research Method

Q-Squared

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I am deeply grateful to Ravi Kanbur, who initiated the Q-Squared initiative, and invited me to join on. The momentum in favour of mixed method analysis of poverty over the past decade has been highly influenced by Ravi’s efforts. In the absence of such, this book would not exist.
I am also extremely appreciative of the support provided by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. The IDRC financed a Q2 research project which supported the organisation of conferences in Toronto and Hanoi, the development of a training programme, pilot studies and a Working Paper series (presently on-line at ). Particular thanks go to Randy Spence for his continual encouragement, sup- port, and wise advice.
The empirical chapters of this book benefitted greatly from the feedback of participants and discussants at a number of conferences and workshops over the years, including: the International Conference on Poverty and Inequality, United Nations Development Program and the World Bank Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11–13 December 2007; Q-Squared in Policy: A Conference on Experiences of Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Decision-Making, Centre for Analysis and Forecasting, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, 7–8 July 2007; the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) Workshop on Integrating Panel Surveys and Life History Methods, London, Overseas Development Institute, 24–25 February 2006; the IDRC/ Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Program General Meeting, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13–17 June 2005; Q-Squared in Practice: A Conference on Experiences of Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Poverty Appraisal. Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 15–16 May 2004; the Poverty Analysis and Data Initiative (PADI) Regional Workshop, World Bank, Mombasa, Kenya, 7–8 May 2004; the Roundtable Meeting on Encouraging Complementarities between Qualitative and Quantitative Poverty Appraisal, Cornell University/Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Accra. 21–22 May 2003; the UNDP Regional Workshop on Poverty Reduction, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2–4 October 2002; the Conference on Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Development Research, Centre for Development Studies, University of Wales Swansea.

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Q-Squared

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Publisher

USA : Oxford University Press Inc., 2013

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1-166

Language

English

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978–0–19–967690–3

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1st Edtion

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Mathematics

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