Bamberger, MichaelRao, VijayendraWoolcock, Michael2012-03-192012-03-192010-03-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3732This paper provides an overview of the various ways in which mixing qualitative and quantitative methods could add value to monitoring and evaluating development projects. In particular it examines how qualitative methods could address some of the limitations of randomized trials and other quantitative impact evaluation methods; it also explores the importance of examining "process" in addition to "impact", distinguishing design from implementation failures, and the value of mixed methods in the real-time monitoring of projects. It concludes by suggesting topics for future research -- including the use of mixed methods in constructing counterfactuals, and in conducting reasonable evaluations within severe time and budget constraints.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMSBENEFICIARY PARTICIPATIONCOMPARISON GROUPSCONTROL GROUPSCORRUPTIONCOUNTERFACTUALCOUNTERFACTUALSCULTURAL FACTORSDATA COLLECTIONDATA REQUIREMENTSDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHDUMMY VARIABLESECONOMETRIC ANALYSISEVALUATION DESIGNEVALUATION METHODSEVALUATION STRATEGIESEVALUATION TECHNIQUESEVALUATORSEXPERIMENTAL DESIGNEXPERIMENTAL DESIGNSEXTRAPOLATIONFIELD WORKFLEXIBILITYGOVERNMENT AGENCIESHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHYPOTHESESIMPACT ANALYSISIMPACT ASSESSMENTIMPACT EVALUATIONIMPACT EVALUATION DESIGNIMPACT INDICATORSINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME INEQUALITYINSTRUMENTAL VARIABLESINTERNAL MONITORINGINTERVENTIONKEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWSLABOR MARKETSLEARNINGMATCHING METHODSMETHODOLOGICAL ISSUESMETHODOLOGIESMODELINGMONITORING DATAMORTALITYOPINION POLLSOUTCOME INDICATORSPARTICIPATION RATESPARTICIPATORY PROJECTSPRAPROGRAM ASSESSMENTSPROGRAM EVALUATIONPROGRAM INTERVENTIONSPROGRAM OUTCOMESPROGRAMSPROJECT BENEFICIARIESPROJECT EVALUATIONPROJECT IMPACTSPROJECT MANAGEMENTPROJECT MONITORINGPROPENSITY SCORE MATCHINGQUALITATIVE DATAQUALITATIVE EVALUATIONQUALITATIVE METHODSQUALITATIVE RESEARCHQUALITATIVE TOOLSQUANTITATIVE DATAQUANTITATIVE DATA COLLECTION METHODSQUANTITATIVE EVALUATIONQUANTITATIVE METHODSQUANTITATIVE RESEARCHQUANTITATIVE SURVEYSQUESTIONNAIRESRANDOM SAMPLINGRANDOMIZATIONREGRESSION ANALYSESREGRESSION ANALYSISRELIABILITYREPRESENTATIVE SAMPLESRESEARCH CENTERSRESEARCH METHODSRESEARCH WORKING PAPERSRESEARCHERSSAMPLE SELECTIONSAMPLE SURVEYSSAMPLING FRAMESSAMPLING TECHNIQUESSCENARIOSCENARIOSSELECTION BIASSERVICE DELIVERYSTANDARD ERRORSSTATISTICAL ANALYSISSTATISTICAL DATASTATISTICAL INDICATORSSTATISTICAL METHODSSTATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCESTATISTICAL TECHNIQUESSTATISTICIANSSTRUCTURAL MODELINGSURVEY DATASURVEY INSTRUMENTSTECHNIQUESTREATMENT EFFECTSVALIDITYWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5245