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Advice for Conducting Household Surveys
Planning to use household surveys as a data collection tool? The following suggestions relate to the processes of conducting household surveys, not the analysis of the data. I believe the process of surveying is not critically reflected upon as much as it should. Before developing your survey, conduct a series of interviews and focus group […]
Tags: #Data Verification #Household Surveys #Quality Control #Surveying #Surveying process
International Development – Essential Reading (Books)
Not all these books are freshly pressed. If you are interested in international development, the history of ideas and practices is just as important as the new ones. This list reflects my work and interests as much as it is an exhaustive list. In chronological order: Peasants into Frenchmen – Weber (1976) Weapons of the […]
Tags: #Books #Essential Reading #International development #Suggested Books
Conducting Research in Ethiopia? Read this.
Received ethics approval from your home institution or organization to conduct your research overseas? Great. However, that is insufficient. Authorities in the country where you plan to conduct research have a legal and ethical right to approve the research you plan to conduct in their country. In addition to abiding by legal requirements, researchers ought to […]
Tags: #Ethical Approval #Ethics #Ethiopia #Ethiopian Public Health Institute #Research
About me
Logan Cochrane
Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last fifteen years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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