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Q2 - Combining

Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis

 

Q2 - Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis - was a research initiative of  Ravi Kanbur, T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs at Cornell University. It was followed-up by a research project led by Paul Shaffer, Professor of International Development Studies, Trent University with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (Canada) from 2004-2007. The aim was to promote a better integration of ‘qual’ and ‘quant’ approaches to poverty assessment in the Global South through information sharing and networking, national capacity building and the piloting of innovative methodologies. 

Q2 activities included conferences of the same name held at Cornell University (2001), the University of Toronto (2004) and the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (2007). This led to the publication of a monograph (Q-Squared, Delhi: Permanent Black, 2001) and Special Issues of World Development (Vol. 35, No.  2, 2007) and the International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches (Vol. 2, No. 2, 2008), respectively. A Q2 Working Paper Series was also produced, which included all conference papers as well as others materials.

The Q2 Working Paper Series has now been taken over by the Department of International Development Studies (IDST) at Trent University. Trent's IDST program is the oldest in Canada with a long tradition of promoting interdisciplinary research.

We invite new submissions for inclusion in the Series (email Paul at q-squared@trentu.ca)

 

 

Q2 Working Paper Series

 

No

 

Date

 

Title (Author/s)

57

Winter

2012

Ten Years of 'Q-Squared': Are Two Disciplines Better than One? - Paul Shaffer, Trent University, Canada

 

 

 

56

Winter

2012

Beneath the 'Methods Debate' in Impact Assessment: Baring Assumptions of a Mixed Methods Impact Assessment in Vietnam - Paul Shaffer, Trent University, Canada

 

 

 

55

Winter

2012

Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data to Improve our Understanding of Poverty in Uganda  - Diego Angemi

 

 

 

54

Winter

2012

Who is Poor? One Question, Many Answers and their Implications: A Comparison of Poverty Assessment in Rural Yunnan, China - Caizhen Lu, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

 

 

53

Spring
2008

Behavioural Responses to Changes Accompanying Reform: A Q-Squared Analysis from Than Hoa Province, Vietnam - Paul Shaffer, Trent University, Canada

 

 

 

52

Spring

2008

Poverty Dynamics: Measurement and Understanding from an Interdisciplinary Perspective - Tony Addison, University of Manchester, David Hulme, University of Manchester, Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University

 

 

 

51

Spring

2008

On Trying to be Q-Squared: Merging Methods for a Technically-Minded Client - Nilakshi de Silva and Neranjana Gunetilleke, Centre for Poverty Analysis, Colombo, Sri Lanka

50

Nov.

2007

A The Use of Quantitative and Qualitative Survey Results to Influence Policy: The Case of Participatory Service Deliverty (PSDA) in Zanzibar    - Slaus Mwisomba

 

 

 

49

Nov.
2007

A Q-Squared Approach to Pro-Poor Policy Formulation in Namibia - Sebastian Levine, United Nations Development Programme, Namibia, and Benjamin Roberts, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa

 

 

 

48

Nov.

2007

Community-based Change Ranking: Understanding Poverty Dynamics from a Multidimensional Perspective - Munshi Sulaiman and Imran Matin, BRAC, Bangladesh

 

 

 

47

Nov.

2007

Targeting Context-Specific Reasons for Reducing Poverty Faster: Utilizing the Stages-of-Progress Methodology - Anirudh Khrishna, Duke University

 

 

 

46

Nov.

 2007

Trade Liberalisation and Intra-Household Poverty in Vietnam: a Q2 Social Impact Analysis - Nicola Jones, ODI, UK, Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Development and Policies Research Centre, Hanoi, Nguyen Thu Hang, Center for Analysis and Forecasting, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi

 

 

 

45

Nov.

 2007

Monitoring Empowerment in Policy and Programme Interventions: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches - Jeremy Holland and Simon Brook, Oxford Policy Management, UK, Nora Dudwick and Mette Bertelsen, World Bank

 

 

 

44

Nov.

2007

Whose Numbers Count? Resolving Conflicting Evidence on BT Cotton in India - Ronald Herring, Cornell University

 

 

 

43

Nov.

2007

Identifying and Communicating Pro-Poor Policy Messages to Policy Audiences: the Case of Chronic Poverty in Uganda - Kate Bird, ODI, UK

 

 

 

42

Nov.

 2007

Poverty.Dynamics.and.Life Trajectories in Rural Bangladesh - Bob Baulch, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex and Peter Davis, University of Bath

 

 

 

41

Nov.

2007

Evaluation of entra 21 using Quantitative and Qualitative Data - Maria Alzu, Paula Nahirnak and Belissario de Toledo, IEFAL - Fundaci?n Mediterr?nea, Argentina

 

 

 

40

Nov

2007

Combining Survey and Ethnographic Methods to Evaluate Conditional Cash Transfer Programs - Michelle Adato, IFPRI, USA

     

39 

 

  June

2007

           

 

Conceptualizing social exclusion in the context of India’s poorest regions: a contribution to the Qual-Quant debate - Arjan de Haan, Department for International Development (UK)

         

38

 

June

2007

 

Community Wealth-Ranking and Household Surveys: An Integrative Approach - Bereket Kebede, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), University of Oxford

         

37

 

June

2007

 

Figuring Out Accountability: Selected uses of official statistics by civil society to improve public sector performance - Christopher Scott, London School of Economics and Political Science

         

36

 

April
2007

 

From Models to Mechanisms: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on Literacy and Development - Bryan Maddox, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia

         

35

 

April
2007

 

Weighting Dimensions of Poverty Based on People’s Priorities: Constructing a Composite Poverty Index for the Maldives - Hans de Kruijk, Erasmus University & Martine Rutten, Dutch Ministry of Finance and School of Economics

         

34

 

April
2007

 

Bringing Politics Back In To Poverty Analysis: Why Understanding of Social Relations Matters More for Policy on Chronic Poverty than Measurement - John Harriss, Simon Fraser University

         

33

 

February 
2007

 

Poverty Measurement Blues: Some Reflections on the Space for Understanding ‘Chronic’ and ‘Structural’ Poverty in South Africa - Dr Andries du Toit, Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, School of Government University of the Western Cape, South Africa

         

32

 

February 
2007

 

A Comparison of Quantitative and Qualitative Poverty Targeting Methods in Vietnam - Nga Nguyet Nguyen, The World Bank, Hanoi Office & Martin Rama, The World Bank, Hanoi Office

         

31

 

February 
2007

 

Core Poverty, Vagueness and Adaptation: A New Methodology and Some Results for South Africa - David A. Clark, Global Povery Research Group (GPRG), Universities of Manchester and Oxford, UK and Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Manchester, UK & Mozaffar Qizilbash, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

         

30

 

August 
2006

 

Annotated Bibliography of Recent Q2 Analyses of Poverty - Jessica da Silva

         

29

 

August 
2006

 

Using Rapid City Surveys to Inform Municipal Social Policy – An Application in Cali, Columbia - Jesko Hentschel, The World Bank

         

28

 

August
2006

 

Inter-country Comparisons of Poverty Based on a Capability Approach: An Empirical Exercise - Sanjay Reddy, Department of Economics, Barnard College and Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University; Sujata Visaria, Department of Economics, Boston University & Muhammad Asali, Department of Economics, Columbia University

         

27

 

June
2006

 

Representing Poverty and Attacking Representations: Perspectives on Poverty from Social Anthropology - Maia Green, Global Poverty Research Group and Department of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester

         

26

 

June
2006

 

Pluralism, Tenancy and Poverty: Cultivating Open-Mindedness in Poverty Studies - Wendy Olsen, Global Poverty Research Group, Universities of Manchester and Oxford, UK.

         

25

 

June
2006

 

Experiencing Poverty in Africa: Perspectives from Anthropology - David Booth, Overseas Development Institute, UK.; Melissa Leach, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. & Alison Tierney, University of Edinburgh, UK.

         

24

 

April
2006

 

Poverty.Dynamics.and.the.Role.of.Livestock.in the Peruvian Andes - P. Kristjanson, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya; A. Krishna, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University; M. Radeny, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya; J. Kuan, Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN); G. Quilca, CARE-Peru; A. Sanchez-Urrelo, CARE-Peru & C. Leon-Velarde, International Potato Centre (CIP), Peru

         

23

 

April
2006

 

Poverty Persistence and Transitions in Uganda: A Combined Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis - David Lawson, University of Manchester, UK.; Andy McKay, University of Bath & John Okidi, Economic Policy Research Centre, Kampala

         

22

 

April
2006

 

And Never the Twain Shall Meet? An Exchange on the Strengths and Weaknesses of Anthropology and Economics in Analyzing the Commons - Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University & Annelise Riles, Cornell University

         

21

 

April
2006

 

Conceptual Ferment in Poverty and Inequality Measurement: The View from Economics and Sociology - David Grusky, Stanford University & Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University

         

20

 

February
2006

 

Community Participation in Social Funds in Malawi and Zambia - Anju Vajja, Operations Evaluation Department, World Bank & Howard White, Operations Evaluation Department, World Bank

         

19

 

February
2006

 

The Case for Cross-Disciplinary Social Science Research on Poverty, Inequality and Well-being - David Hulme, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester & John Toye, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

         

18

 

February
2006

 

Conversations between Anthropologists and Economists - Metin M. Cosgel, Economics Dept., University of Connecticut

         

17

 

February
2006

 

Methodological Approaches in Economics and Anthropology - Pranab Bardhan, Department of Economics, University of California at Berkeley & Isha Ray, Energy and Resources Group, University of California at Berkeley

         

16

 

    December
2005

 

The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica: A “Participatory Econometric” Analysis of Targeting, Collective Action, and Participation in Community-Driven Development - Vijayendra Rao, The World Bank, Washington DC & Ana María Ibáñez, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

         

15

 

December
2005

 

Studying Multi-Dimensional Poverty in Ethiopia: towards a Q-Integrated Approach - Philippa Bevan, University of Bath

         

14

 

December
2005

 

Combining Participatory and Survey-based Approaches to Poverty Monitoring and Analysis*- Simon Appleton, University of Nottingham & David Booth, Overseas Development Institute

         

13

 

December
2005

 

Participation and Numbers - Robert Chambers, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

         

12

 

October
2005

 

Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Data in Welfare Policy Evaluations in the United States - Andrew S. London, Syracuse University; Saul Schwartz, Carleton University & Ellen K. Scott, University of Oregon

         

11

 

October
2005

 

The Best of Both Worlds: Producing National Statistics using Participatory Methods - Carlos Barahona, Statistical Services Centre, The University of Reading, UK & Sarah Levy, Calibre Consultants, Reading U.K.

         

10

 

October
2005

 

Understanding Rural Poverty and Investment in Agriculture: An Assessment of Integrated Quantitative and Qualitative Research in Western Kenya - Frank Place, World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya; Michelle Adato, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC & Paul Hebinck, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

         

9

 

October
2005

 

UNDERSTANDING POVERTY AND VULNERABILITY IN INDIA’S UTTAR PRADESH AND BIHAR: A Q-SQUARED APPROACH - Barbara Parker, Save the Children US, Dushanbe, Tajikistan & Valerie Kozel, The World Bank

         

8

 

October
2005

 

‘P3 > Q2’ IN NORTHERN ORISSA; an example of integrating ‘Combined Methods’ (Q2) through a ‘Platform for Probing Poverties’ (P3) - Alan Rew, Cntr. for Development Studies, University of Wales Swansea; Shahzad Khan, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, Orissa & Martin Rew, Research Fellow, HIV/AIDS Unit, Division of Social Statistics, University of Southampton.

         

7

 

October
2005

 

SQUARING THE ‘Q’s? METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON A STUDY OF DESTITUTION IN ETHIOPIA - Kay Sharp, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

         

6

 

October
2005

 

Methodological Innovations in Research on the Dynamics of Poverty: A Longitudinal Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Michelle Adato, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA; Francie Lund, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa & Phakama Mhlongo, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

         

5

 

October
2005

 

Governance in the Gullies: Democratic Responsiveness and Leadership in Delhi’s Slums - Saumitra Jha, Department of Economics, Stanford University; Vijayendra Rao, Development Research Group, The World Bank & Michael Woolcock, Development Research Group, The World Bank

         

4

 

October
2005

 

“Hearing the voices of the poor”: Assigning poverty lines on the basis of local perceptions of poverty; a quantitative analysis of qualitative data from participatory wealth ranking in rural South Africa - James R Hargreaves et. al., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

         

3

 

October
2005

 

Combining Quantitative and Qualitative methods in Assessing Chronic Poverty: The Case of Rwanda - Gerard Howe, Department for International Development, UK & Andrew McKay, University of Bath, UK

         

2

 

October
2005

 

Epistemology, Normative Theory and Poverty Analysis: Implications for Q-Squared in Practice - Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University & Paul Shaffer, University of Toronto

         

1

 

October
2005

 

Q-Squared - Qualitative and Quantitative Poverty Appraisal: Complementarities, Tensions and the Way Forward - Ravi Kanbur (Editor) Cornell University