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The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies
London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2022), xxix, 412 pp.
"The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies provides an up-to-date and authoritative introduction to the field, challenging mainstream development discourse and the assumptions that underlie it. Critical development studies lays bare the economic, political, social and environmental crises
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Data for Development: Harnessing Digital Media Intelligence
London: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (2022), 4 pp.
"Internet access is exploding around the world. In the 10 years up to 2021, the proportion of people around the world with access to the internet grew from 33 to 63%, and by 2022 the number of active social media users hit 4.62 billion. Policymakers and opinion formers have an opportunity to tap int
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Development Research in Practice: The DIME Analytics Data Handbook
Key Guidance
Washington, DC: World Bank (2021), xviii, 209 pp.
"Development Research in Practice: The DIME Analytics Data Handbook is intended to teach all users of development data how to handle data effectively, efficiently, and ethically. An empirical revolution has changed the face of development research over the last decade. Increasingly, researchers are
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Participatory Video for Two-Way Communication in Research for Development
Action Research, volume 19, issue 2 (2021), pp. 218-236
"This paper presents the participatory video methodology as an effective tool to establish a two-way communication channel between researchers and marginalized communities. The discussion begins by describing the transition from one- to two-way communication in the research for development field, fo
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Research for Development: A Practical Guide
Los Angeles, Calif.: Sage, 2nd ed. (2013), xvii, 425 pp.
"Divided into three parts, the book provides a complete overview of the research process spanning: the uses, planning and management of research; reviewing existing evidence; learning development research skills; choosing research methods; undertaking ethical research; writing an effective research
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This Research does not Influence Policy
IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 25 -29
"This article concerns a study whose questions, methods and analytical conclusions were the work of a group of Karimojong in Uganda. Its report included text and photographs, plain language, direct voices and faces, and little theorising. When it was disseminated it appealed to local people and to a
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Cartographers, Conciliators and Catalysts: Understanding the Communicative Roles of Researchers
IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 45-52
"A review of case studies from a global, ten-year research project coordinated by the Institute of Development Studies suggests that previous efforts to understand the value of research for promoting social change has underappreciated the contribution of researchers as social actors. Researchers inh
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Introduction: Is Development Research Communication Coming of Age?
IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 2-8
"In this article we reflect on three themes that highlight current trends in research communication for development and, in turn, shape this issue of the IDS Bulletin. We argue that shifts in the sociopolitical and theoretical context within which development research communication is being put into
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Emerging Implications of Open and Linked Data for Knowledge Sharing in Development
IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 117-127
"Movements towards open data involve the publication of datasets (from metadata on publications, to research, to operational project statistics) online in standard formats and without restrictions on reuse. A number of open datasets are published as linked data, creating a web of connected datasets.
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Approaches to Development Research Communication
IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp 38-44
"This article traces the co-evolution between models of research communication and development. It looks at how creative and visual methods fit into this trajectory. It argues that the current growth in the accessibility of communication technologies has emerged alongside a strong revival of more li
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Lessons Learnt in Research Communication: Monitoring and Evaluation and Capacity Development
London: Department for International Development (DFID), Central Research Department (2007), 29 pp.
Proving Our Worth: Developing Capacity for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Communicating Research in Development
Department for International Development (DFID);Institute of Development Studies (IDS);Healthlink Worldwide (2006), 4 pp.
"An informal network composed of representatives from a number of UK organisations concerned about the impact of research on the reality of poverty convened a workshop on 5-6 September 2006. The objectives of the workshop were to mobilise a wider group of organisations working in the field of resear
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The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources
Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 4th ed. (2006), xxx, 833 pp.
Methods in Development Research: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
Rugby, Warwickshire: ITDG Publishing (2005), xiii, 290 pp.
Spreading the Word Further: Guidelines for Disseminating Development Research
Leicestershire: Loughborough University, Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) (2003), 64 pp.
Communication of Research for Poverty Reduction: A Literature Review
London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (2003), 91 pp.
Evaluating the Internet as a Medium for the Dissemination of Development Research
Key Guidance
Oxford: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC) (2001), 65 pp.
"Evaluations of the Internet and Development have tended to focus on the extent to which a websites content, or message, has affected development activities. This research examines the usage of the medium itself, by conducting an applied evaluative study of eight urban-focused websites disseminating
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The Electronic African Bookworm: A Web Navigator
Oxford: African Books Collective, 2nd revised ed. (2000), xii, 238 pp.
This extensive links section offers over 1,500 links, most with short descriptions, highlighting those Web sites and resources that are recommended as good starting points for African writers, scholars and the book professions in Africa. In addition it offers a substantial number of not Africa-speci
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Evaluationsforschung: Grundlagen und ausgewählte Forschungsfelder
Opladen: Leske und Budrich (2000), 414 pp.
"In diesem Lehrbuch werden die wichtigsten Theorien, Methoden und Entwicklungen der Evaluationsforschung in Deutschland, Europa und den USA beschrieben. Außerdem wird der Stand der Forschung für ausgewählte Politikfelder beschrieben: Forschungs-/Technologiepolitik, Arbeitsmarktpolitik, Verwaltung
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Finding Out Fast: Investigative Skills for Policy and Development
London: Sage (1998), 376 pp.
"Recognizing that policy decisions are typically made under pressure of time and on the basis of incomplete data or with limited resources with which to obtain information, the authors provide guidance on how to locate, evaluate and use relevant information, fast. This book is essential reading for
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