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Insecurity, Risk and Vulnerability

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Assetlessness, Low Returns and Inequality

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Overarching Issues

The Ethics of Poverty Research

Confronting Bias and Assumptions

Research and Children

Research and Older People

Research and Impairment and Disability

Research and HIV/AIDS

Research and Conflict

Developing International Research Partnerships

Designing Research

Types of Poverty Oriented Research

Selecting a Unit of Analysis

The Quantitative-Qualitative Distinction

Combining methods

Combining methods and Triangulation

Summary of Common Research Methods

How to Choose Which Methods or Mix of Methods to Use?

Strengths and Weaknesses of Key Methods

When are Key Methods Appropriate

Additional Strengths and Weaknesses of Participatory Methods

Collecting Data

Participatory Approaches

Strengths and Weaknesses of Participatory Approaches

Online Links to Guides for Methods Specific to Participatory Research

Livelihoods Approaches

Principles of Livelihoods Research

Examples of the livelihoods framework in practice

Livelihoods checklist

Focus groups and Interviews

Methods for focus group discussions

Interviewing Techniques

Coding and Analysis

Political Analysis

Rights-Based Development

Political Capital

Researching the Politics of Chronic Poverty

Social Exclusion

Quantitative Analysis

Policy Influencing and Media Engagement

Impact Assesment

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