Paul Shaffer

This book examines the underlying assumptions and implications of how we conceptualise and investigate poverty. The empirical entry point for such inquiry is a series of research initiatives that have used mixed method, combined qualitative and quantitative, or Q-Squared ( Q^2) approaches, to poverty analysis. The Q^2 literature highlights the...

Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty AnalysisThis book is about poverty in the Global South. It presents results from a wide range of mixed method, or Q-Squared (QA2) - combined qualitative and quantitative approaches - studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America about who are poor and why....