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State-of-the ART: Project Update 2
By Fiona Remnant (Originally posted at Devlog@Bath) One year, two countries, four pilots and eight increasingly cunning versions of the Excel spreadsheet further on – it’s time for an update on what the Assessing Rural Transformations team has been up to. Part of the answer is that we’ve been reminded (not for the first time) that...
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State-of-the-ART: Project Update 1
By James Copestake (Originally posted at Devlog@Bath) “I never publish anything that hasn’t been through five drafts” is what the celebrated economist Kenneth Galbraith reportedly said when asked the secret of his ability to write so well. Well, I confess this blog doesn’t meet his standard, but I can report that a sixth draft of the...
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Aid impact assessment and agricultural change – Researching ‘good enough’ qualitative approaches
By James Copestake (Originally posted at Devlog@Bath) Using public money to reduce global poverty is a tough enough ‘task’ even without having to account for each pound spent every five minutes. But aid professionals can hardly claim to be less susceptible to self-serving group-think than anyone else, and indeed the case for strong reality checks on...
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