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Dr. Paul Shaffer

Dr. Paul Shaffer, B.A. (UBC), M.A. (Toronto), D.Phil. (IDS, Sussex)
Associate Professor, Department of International Development Studies

Director, Trent in Ghana Program

Trent University
1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8
Canada

Office location CC E1.5
(705) 748-1011 ext. 1339 • phone
(705) 748-1624 • fax

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Research Interests

Interdisciplinary poverty analysis, methodological pluralism, poverty reduction strategies, gender and poverty, impact assessment and monitoring of development programs and policies, political economy of development, development economics.

Recent Publications

 

Edited Volumes

  • "Q-Squared in Policy: the Use of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods of Poverty Analysis in Decision-Making". 2008. Special Issue of the International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches (edited with Ravi Kanbur, Nguyen Thang and Ellen Bortei-Doku Aryeetey). Vol. 2. No. 2.
  • "Q-Squared in Practice: Experiences of Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis". 2007. World Development Special Issue (co-edited with Ravi Kanbur). Vol 35. No. 2.

Articles/Papers/Book Chapters

  • "Beneath the 'Methods Debate' in Impact Assessment: Baring Assumptions of a Mixed Methods Impact Assessment in Vietnam.” 2012 Journal of Development Effectiveness.
    Vol. 4, No. 1.
  • "Demand-Side Challenges to Poverty Monitoring and Assessment Systems (PMASes): Illustrations from Tanzania." 2012. Development Policy Review. Vol. 30, No. 1.
  • (with Le Dang Trung) "The case of Vietnam." 2012. In D. Mazumdar and S. Sarkar (Eds.) Manufacturing Enterprise in Asia: Size Structure and Economic Growth. London and New York: Routledge. May.
  • "Against Excessive Rhetoric in Impact Assessment: Overstating the Case for Randomised Controlled Experiments." Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 47, No. 10., 2011.
  • "Introduction to Q-Squared in Policy” 2008. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches (with Ravi Kanbur, Nguyen Thang and Ellen Bortei-Doku Aryeetey). Vol. 2. No. 2.
  • "Behavioral Responses to Changes Accompanying Reform: A Q-Squared Analysis from Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam". 2008. Q-Squared Working Paper No. 53. Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto.
  • "New Thinking on Poverty: Implications for Globalisation and Poverty Reduction Strategies". 2008. Real World Economics Review.  Issue 47. September. (Originally appeared as UNDESA Working Paper No. 65. ST/ESA/2008/DWP/65. New York City: United Nations Publications.)
  • "Epistemology, Normative Theory and Poverty Analysis: Implications for Q-Squared in Practice". 2007. World Development (with Ravi Kanbur). Vol 35. No. 2.
  • "Assumptions Matter: Reflections on the Kanbur Typology". 2005. Focaal - European Journal of Anthropology. Vol. 45, No. 1.
  • " Difficulties in Combining Income/Consumption and Participatory Poverty Approaches: Issues and Examples". In R. Kanbur (Ed.) Qualitative and Quantitative Poverty Appraisal. Delhi: Permanent Black. 2003.
  • "Poverty Naturalised: Implications for Gender". Feminist Economics. Volume 8. No. 3. 2002.
  • " Participatory Analyses of Poverty Dynamics: Reflections on the Myanmar PPA". In R. McGee and K. Brock (Eds.) Knowing Poverty: Critical Reflections on Participatory Research and Policy. Earthscan Publications. 2002.
  • The Costs of Poverty and Vulnerability. UNDESA/DSPD. New York: United Nations Publications. 2001.

 

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Courses 2010 - 2011

  • International development studies in an economic context (IDST 3100Y) Department of International Development Studies course, Trent University
  • Advanced topics in development theory and research (IDST 4000Y) Department of International Development Studies course, Trent University