Impact assessment in complex contexts of rural livelihood transformations in Africa. Part 2- Interview data

Data collection method:

The full data collection methodology is outlined in the attached documentation files. The approach used is Qualitative Impact Assessment Protocol (QUIP). This approach aims to collect information on changes in people's lives over the same period of time as the development intervention that is being assessed by the implementing NGO. Semi structured questionnaires were used with selected beneficiary households that were sampled using a stratified randomised sub-sample of the households in the quantitative monitoring survey, using a combination of open-ended and closed questions. Field researchers were recruited and trained, but given no information about the development project being evaluated to avoid confirmation bias. This is called 'blinding' in the methodology. The dataset consists of Excel files that contain all anonymised interview transcripts for individual households and focus groups. This dataset is linked to a related set of quantitative monitoring data for the same projects.