http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/ Latest Articles Web Feed from International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/2/issue/2/article/2360 This introductory essay for the issue presents an overview of issues related to 'Q-Squared in Policy: the use of qualitative and quantitative methods of poverty analysis in decision-making'. We focus on issues raised on the ‘supply side' of data use, relating, inter alia to the informational content and policy u 2008-10-01 00:00:00 http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/2/issue/2/article/2361 Drawing on evaluations of conditional cash transfer programs for the governments of Nicaragua and Turkey, this article explores how survey and ethnographic methods have been combined to improve program evaluation. Quantitative and qualitative research designs for the two countries are described, benefits of each method discussed, and exampl 2008-10-01 00:00:00 http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/2/issue/2/article/2362 This paper presents emerging findings from an ongoing longitudinal study into poverty dynamics and life trajectories in rural Bangladesh. The study integrates a quantitative panel survey of 1787 core households with a sub-sample of 295 qualitative life history interviews. In this paper, we report findings based on two-thirds of the study s 2008-10-01 00:00:00 http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/2/issue/2/article/2363 This paper provides a reflection on issues arising from using Q-squared methodology in monitoring involuntary resettlement under the Southern Transport Development Project in Sri Lanka. One of the main objectives of the monitoring exercise was to influence policy makers and the Q-squared monitoring methodology was developed to meet this obj 2008-10-01 00:00:00 http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/2/issue/2/article/2364 The relationship between poverty and transgenic agricultural crops has created a global rift in development studies. Some, but not all, questions in this debate should be amenable to empirical treatment. Field studies have generated divergent numbers on yields and other agronomic outcomes. Studies from India come to diametrically opposed fi 2008-10-01 00:00:00 http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/2/issue/2/article/2365 While greater trade liberalisation is expected to boost Vietnam's economic growth and contribute to the country's market economy transition, there are concerns about potentially negative impacts on vulnerable groups. To explore the possible impacts of trade liberalisation on children in poor communities, this paper examines 2008-10-01 00:00:00 http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/2/issue/2/article/2366 Explanations for poverty have often tended to focus on momentous, especially calamitous, events. In this analysis we show how households' longer-term economic fortunes are more significantly influenced by a succession of quotidian, recurring, and comparatively minor events. Rather than any single event, it is the balance of positive and negat 2008-10-01 00:00:00 http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/2/issue/2/article/2367 The paper combines qualitative and quantitative (‘Q-Squared') research methods to further our understanding of poverty dynamics. Using existing nationally representative panel data from Uganda, we adopt the same sampling frame and collect life history information to consider some of the methodological issues that are of i 2008-10-01 00:00:00 http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/2/issue/2/article/2368 We explore differences in the findings on poverty in Namibia from a series participatory poverty assessments and a household survey on household income and expenditure. We find that the main conclusions from these research processes appear plausible even if they point to diverging paths of poverty. These results are attributed to methodological chal 2008-10-01 00:00:00 http://mra.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/2/issue/2/article/2369 Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income-expenditure surveys can overestimate transient poverty and underestimate persistence of poverty, especially for the poorest. In this study, we make use of an approach that relies on community based change ranking to explore various directions and levels of change experienced by 2008-10-01 00:00:00