Research Skills for Policy and Development

PART ONE: CONCEPTUALIZING POLICY-RELATED INVESTIGATION Information Needs and Policy Change - Stephen Potter and Ramaya Subrahmanian Boundaries for Thinking in Action - Chris Blackmore and Ray Ison Grabbing Attention - Joseph Hanlon Communicating Results - Joanna Chataway, Avril Joffe and Jill Mordaunt PART TWO: THINKING WITH DOCUMENTS Interrogating Information Through a Literature Study - Stephanie Barrientos Interpreting Institutional Discourses - Bridget O'Laughlin PART THREE: THINKING WITH PEOPLE People as Informants - Philip Woodhouse Investigation as Empowerment - Hazel Johnson and Linda Mayoux Using Participatory Methods Doing Incorrect Research - Dina Abbott The Importance of the Subjective and the Personal in Researching Poverty PART FOUR: BRINGING IN DATA Thinking with Quantitative Data - Chandan Mukherjee and Marc Wuyts Using Evidence in Advocacy - Sue Mayer Organizational Assessments and Institutional Footprints - Alan Thomas Challenging cases - Alan Thomas Conclusion - Alan Thomas and Joanna Chataway