Research tools and methods
- Methods for social researchers in developing countries
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This guide, produced by the Ahfad University for Women in Sudan, provides guidance and tools on planning, conducting and reporting research. It looks at planning and designing research, learning to think like a researcher as well as creating and analysing data, with guidelines on presenting and writing up the research.
Latest Additions
- Knowledge sharing methods and tools
- ( A. Hewlitt;L. Lamoureux / Electronic Networking for Rural Asia/Pacific , 2010)
- This guide has been developed to support facilitators in three approaches to the integration of Knowledge Sharing methods and tools into IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) funded p...
- E-learning resources for agricultural information
- ( Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2010)
- IMARK is an e-learning initiative in agricultural information management. It has been developed by FAO and partner organisations. IMARK is being created as a series of modules on the Internet an...
- Participatory farming management methods and their uses
- ( P. Dorward;D. Shepherd;M. Galpin / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2007)
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Central to the use of Participatory Farming Management (PFM) methods is the understanding that the farmer is the decision maker and that he or she takes the risks associated with change, not the ad...
- Tools for conducting participatory discussions on gender equity in Bangladesh
- ( AFM. Amir Uddin;A. Khanom;M. Boss;et al. / Intercooperation Bangladesh , 2009)
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These guidelines have been prepared as a tool for conducting participatory discussion and analysis on the social position and condition of men and women within the context of the Union Parishad (UP...
- Ensuring a professional and consistent writing style across an organisation
- ( Institute for Democracy in South Africa , 2009)
- Inconsistencies, misspellings and misuse of words and expressions can give a bad impression of piece of written work. This may even result in the work not being viewed as being professionally and comp...
- Producing internationally comparable statistics on the information economy
- ( United Nations Asian Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development , 2009)
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The demand for statistics on information and communication technologies (ICT) is continuously increasing as more countries seek to design, monitor and review national policies. This manual has...
- Supporting the creation and mobilisation of practial knowledge for social change
- ( J.M. Chevalier;D.J. Buckles / International Development Research Centre , 2008)
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Social issues should be addressed socially and in multi-stakeholder mode, not by private interest and experts alone in processes of knowledge production, planning and decision making. This guide is...
- Gathering data on children in formal care
- ( D. Swales (ed);N. McMillan (ed) / Child Rights Information Network , 2009)
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Without data on the situation of children in care, it is difficult for local child welfare authorities and national governments to monitor progress in preventing separation, promoting re-...
- Methods for health surveys in difficult settings: charting progress, moving forward
- ( K. Bostoen;O. O. Bilukha;B. Fenn / Emerging Themes in Epidemiology , 2007)
- This special issue of Emerging Themes in Epidemiology is entirely devoted to survey methods in certain 'difficult' settings, such as emergencies, remote regions without easily available sampling frame...
- Toolkit to guide analysis of troubled health sectors
- ( World Health Organization , 2009)
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Providing health services in fragile states and conflict affected settings is a challenge. This manual, published by the World Health Organization, provides guidance to analysts of troubled health ...
