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An Inclusive Proposal for the Use of Mixed Methods in Studying Poverty: An Application to a Colombian Municipality

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Historically, poverty studies have focused on the quantitative analysis of information as a key for decision-making for policy makers. However, recent studies have shown that a mixed approach captures the richness of the information, and also allows us to understand the extension, the pattern and the nature of poverty (Bourguignon, 2001; Carvalho, 1997). This chapter aims to demonstrate the validity of the use of mixed methods in studying poverty and its additional value for informing policy processes. Through the integration of information, methodologies and experience in quantitative and qualitative approaches, we designed a mixed methods diagnosis of poverty in a municipality in Colombia. This study used mixed methods in order to update the information on, and explain and understand the phenomenon of, poverty holistically for this small municipality.

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  1. María Fernanda Torres Penagos
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  1. Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK

    Keetie Roelen (Research Fellow) (Research Fellow)

  2. University of East Anglia, UK

    Laura Camfield (Senior Lecturer) (Senior Lecturer)

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Penagos, M.F.T., Hernández, E.B. (2015). An Inclusive Proposal for the Use of Mixed Methods in Studying Poverty: An Application to a Colombian Municipality. In: Roelen, K., Camfield, L. (eds) Mixed Methods Research in Poverty and Vulnerability. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137452511_8

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