Measuring Livelihoods and Environmental Dependence: Methods for Research and Fieldwork

ISBN-13: 9781849711326 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 288 str.

Arild Angelsen; Helle Overgaard Larsen; Jens Friis Lund

Opis

This text describes how to do a better job when designing and implementing household and village surveys for quantitative assessment of rural livelihoods in developing countries. It covers the entire research process from planning to sharing research results.

Spis treści

1. Why Measure Rural Livelihoods and Environmental Dependence?  2. Why do Field Fesearch?  3. Composing a Fesearch Proposal  4. Sampling: Who, How and How Many?  5. Collecting Contextual Information  6. The Division of Labour Between Village, Household and other Surveys  7. Designing the Household Questionnaire  8. Valuing the Priceless: What are Non-marketed Products Worth?  9. Preparing for the Field: Managing and Enjoying Fieldwork  10. Hiring, Training and Managing a Field Team  11. Getting Quality Data  12. Data Entry and Quality Checking  13. An Introduction to Data Analysis  14. Communicating Research for Influence and Impact