Do irrigation programs make poor rural communities in Bolivia less vulnerable to climatic and other shocks?

2015 ◽  
pp. 9-46
Author(s):  
Lykke E. Andersen ◽  
Marcelo Cardona ◽  
Daniela Romero
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Agricultural Households ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, this study evaluates the effectiveness of national irrigation programs in Bolivia - PRONAR and PRONAREC - in reducing the vulnerability of farming communities. We propose two practical indicators to measure vulnerability empirically, and we develop a Theory of Change that details how irrigation could affect the vulnerability of agricultural households. We proceed to make a "propensity score matched difference-in-difference estimation," which compares changes in vulnerability among households in beneficiary cantons of a national irrigation program between 2002 and 2012 and similar households in cantons that have not benefited from irrigation programs. The quantitative analysis is complemented with a qualitative analysis based on interviews and focus groups with current and former officers, as well as beneficiaries in the highlands, valleys and lowlands of Bolivia.

EFEKTIFITAS PENGELOLAAN DANA DESA UNTUK PEMBANGUNAN DAN PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DESA DI KABUPATEN BONDOWOSO

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Boedijono Boedijono ◽  
Galih Wicaksono ◽  
Yeni Puspita ◽  
Sandhika Cipta Bidhari ◽  
Nurcahyaning Dwi Kusumaningrum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
Field Area

The purpose of this study was to find out how to manage village finance and the effectiveness of managing village funds for development and economic empowerment of rural communities in Bondowoso District. Three sub-districts in the Bondowoso District, namely Curahdami, Wonoasri, and Tenggarang Subdistricts as field area, and the combination of quantitative and qualitative methods were used. The results of this study indicate that: the villages in Bondowoso District have managed village finances well, but in certain cases, they are still not orderly in administration, so that they sometimes experience delays in disbursing village finance for the following period. The discussion and implications of the findings are discussed in the article.

scholarly journals A quantitative analysis of food insecurity and other barriers associated with ART nonadherence among women in rural communities of Eswatini

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0256277
Author(s):  
Nozipho Becker ◽  
Krishna C. Poudel ◽  
Lorraine S. Cordeiro ◽  
Aline G. Sayer ◽  
Thokozile E. Sibiya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Community Support ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Art Adherence ◽  
Women Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv

Background Eswatini has the highest global prevalence of HIV despite decades of universal access to free antiretroviral therapy (ART). We conducted a mixed methods study to investigate barriers to ART adherence among women living with HIV (WLHIV) in rural communities of Eswatini. Qualitative findings were reported in our previous publication. This subsequent paper expands on our qualitative analysis to examine the magnitude to which identified barriers impacted ART adherence among WLHIV in the same communities. Methods We used an exploratory sequential design to collect data from WLHIV (n = 166) in rural Eswatini. Quantitative data were collected using interviewer-administered survey questionnaires between October and November 2017. ART adherence was measured using the CASE Adherence Index, with scores less than 10 indicating nonadherence. Log-binomial regression models were used to examine the extent to which critical barriers affected ART adherence among study participants. Results A majority of the women in our study (56%) were nonadherent to ART. Of the barriers identified in our prior qualitative analysis, only eight were found to be significantly associated with ART nonadherence in our quantitative analysis. These include, with adjusted risk ratios (ARR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI): household food insecurity (ARR: 3.16, 95% CI: 1.33–7.52), maltreatment by clinic staff (ARR: 2.67, 95% CI: 1.94–3.66), forgetfulness (ARR: 1.80, 95% CI: 1.41–2.31), stress (ARR: 1.47, 95% CI: 1.14–1.88), gossip (ARR: 1.57, 95% CI: 1.21–2.04), mode of transport (ARR: 0.59, 95% CI: 0.44–0.79), age (ARR: 0.98, 95% CI: 0.97–0.99), and lack of community support (ARR: 0.55, 95% CI: 0.35–0.85). Conclusions Among numerous barriers identified in our study, food insecurity was found to be a significant contributor toward ART nonadherence among women living with HIV in rural Eswatini. Future strategies aimed at improving ART adherence in Eswatini should include programs which provide food and nutrition support for people living with HIV, particularly rural women living in poverty.

What dialog is absent from constructed dialog?

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-157
Author(s):  
Christoph Rühlemann
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Basic Function ◽  
Quantitative Comparison ◽  
Direct Speech ◽  
Conversational Storytelling ◽  
British National Corpus ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
Speech Situation ◽  
National Corpus

Abstract This paper is concerned with constructed dialog in conversational storytelling. Based on Clark & Gerrig’s (1990) demonstration theory, its focus is on what is absent from constructed dialog. To determine what is absent, a comparison is made between constructed dialog tokens and utterances in conversation. The inquiry uses both quantitative and qualitative methods. It is based on the Narrative Corpus (NC; Rühlemann & O’Donnell 2012), a corpus of conversational narratives extracted from the conversational component of the British National Corpus (BNC), and its systematic annotation of constructed dialog (that is, direct speech introduced by a quotative and free direct speech without any introducer). The quantitative comparison of verbalizations used in constructed dialog as opposed to verbalizations used in conversational utterances demonstrates that a particular utterance type is significantly missing from constructed dialog: the continuer utterance, whose basic function is to exhibit an understanding that a form of ‘telling’ by another speaker is going on. The qualitative analysis, based on a subset of storytellings from the NC that were re-analyzed acoustically and re-transcribed using Jeffersonian conventions based on the Audio BNC (Coleman et al. 2012), reveals a stark mismatch between the commonness of tellings in talk-in-interaction and their uncommonness in constructed dialog. The absence of continuers from constructed dialog is discussed against the backdrop of indexicality. I argue that continuers share the key properties of indexicals – semantic vacuity and an existential relationship with the ‘thing’ indicated – and can therefore be seen as indexicals themselves. As indexicals, intrinsically connected to the speech situation of their utterance, continuers cannot be included in constructed dialog, which typically occurs in a different speech situation with different interactional parameters. Finally, I offer initial thoughts on the underrepresentation of telling sequences in constructed dialog.

scholarly journals Relaciones interactivas, internet y jóvenes de Secundaria en México: primera oleada sobre usos, consumos, competencias y navegación segura de internet en Sonora (2013) / Interactive Relations, Internet and Public Secondary Mexico: First Wave on Uses, Consumption, Skills and Safe Internet Browsing in Sonora, Mexico (2013)

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dora Caudillo Ruíz ◽  
Gustavo Adolfo León Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Depth Interviews

ABSTRACTThis study is an assessment about the uses, attitudes, habits, skills and behavior towards ICT by young students from public high Sonora (Mexico). It also measures the knowledge of young people about the risks, their reaction to them and habits or adopting safety measures in their use of ICT. To prepare the study we used a mixed methodology based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative techniques. Quantitative analysis looked at the implementation of surveys 3,031 students between 12 and 15 years. The qualitative analysis, meanwhile, included 66 in-depth interviews and seven focus groups with students and parents. The study aims to emphasize not only the evidence that account uses, consumption and current skills of young people to the Internet but to explain what might be, in any case, the potential and opportunities that certain screens and smart devices generated in the building interactive relationships and, therefore, its own identity.RESUMENEl presente estudio constituye un diagnóstico a cerca de los usos, actitudes, hábitos, competencias y comporta-mientos frente a las TIC por parte de los jóvenes estudiantes de secundarias públicas en Sonora (México). También mide el conocimiento de los jóvenes a cerca de los riesgos, su reacción ante los mismos y los hábitos o medidas de seguridad que adoptan en su utilización de las TIC. Para la elaboración del estudio se ha utilizado una metodología mixta, basada en una combinación de técnicas cualitativas y cuantitativas. El análisis cuantitativo contempló la aplicación de 3,031 encuestas a alumnos de entre 12 y 15 años. El análisis cualitativo, por su parte, incluyó 66 entrevistas a profundidad y siete grupos focales con alumnos y padres. El estudio aspira a enfatizar no sólo las evidencias que dan cuenta de los usos, consumos y competencias actuales de los jóvenes ante el Internet sino a explicar cuáles podrían ser, en todo caso, las potencialidades y oportunidades que ciertas pantallas y dispositivos inteligentes generan en la construcción de sus relaciones interactivas y, por tanto, de su propia identidad. Contacto principal: [email protected]

scholarly journals Preschool Educators’ Emotional Directions Towards Mathematics

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1169-1184
Author(s):  
Lovisa Sumpter
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Time Experience ◽  
Dynamic View ◽  
Preschool Educators ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Abstract This paper investigates Swedish preschool educators’ emotional directions towards mathematics. A questionnaire was answered by 157 preschool educators and their responses were analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The majority of preschool educators stated that they are positive towards mathematics. Regarding the hypotheses that education or years of experience have a positive impact on how you feel about a subject, the statistical analysis did not confirm these hypotheses. However, the results from the qualitative analysis suggest that some preschool educators change their feelings towards mathematics with time, experience, more education and/or new setting such as a new curriculum. They expressed a dynamic view where they previously have been more negative towards mathematics but now are much more positive. Some implications are that compared with the reputation, preschool educators express more positive feelings, and that targeted education is a contributing factor.

scholarly journals Qualitative Research in Psychiatry

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Whitley ◽  
Mike Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Psychiatric Research ◽  
Philosophical Basis ◽  
Research Questions

This paper is an overview of qualitative research and its application to psychiatry. It is introductory and attempts to describe both the aims of qualitative research and its underlying philosophical basis. We describe the practice and process of qualitative research and follow this with an overview of the 3 main methods of inquiry: interviews, focus groups, and participant observation. Throughout the paper, we offer examples of cases where qualitative research has illuminated, or has the potential to illuminate, important questions in psychiatric research. We describe methods of sampling and follow with an overview of qualitative analysis, appropriate checks on rigour, and the presentation of qualitative results. The paper concludes by arguing that qualitative methods may be an increasingly appropriate methodology to answer some of the demanding research questions being posed in 21st century psychiatry.

Increasing the value of accounting research: An Italian perspective

2017 ◽  
pp. 29-42
Author(s):  
Aldo Pavan ◽  
Isabella Fadda
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Business World ◽  
Accounting Research ◽  
Business Objects ◽  
To Come ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Accounting research has a speculative and normative tradition. Starting at the beginning of the 1970s, empirical methodologies gained prominence and the boundaries of accounting disciplines have become uncertain. Quantitative and qualitative methods tend to overwhelm the accounting and business objects; often they are only suitable to deal with past and narrow phenomena. Empirical methodologies need reference theories, coming from other disciplines and particularly economics and sociology. In this context, it is questioned if accounting research does exist anymore and if it is relevant to the business world. Some scholars have begun to wonder whether it would be appropriate to revalue normative approaches in order to conduct a type of research which is useful to the society and allows the preservation of specific accounting knowledge. A necessity emerges to come back to the prominence of business and accounting issues over methodologies and sociological theories. Research should be directed to tackle wide and current phenomena, not just the narrow and past ones. Speculative thinking has to be reassessed and empirical findings should be used to strengthen it as starting premises. Explaining phenomena is not enough; empirical research has to go beyond its findings; the emphasis should be shifted to the drawing of policy recommendations.

Analisa Pengaruh Motivasi Konsumen, Persepsi Kualitas, Dan Sikap Konsumen Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Sepeda Motor PT. Yamaha Indonesia MFG

CICES ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-203
Author(s):  
Ria Wulandari ◽  
M. Ifran Sanni ◽  
Dani Ramadhan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Purchase Decisions ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Processing Data ◽  
Customer Purchases ◽  
Customer Attitudes ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This research is motivated by a decline in motorcycle sales produced by PT. Yamaha Indonesia MFG in the 2014-2018 period. In this research there was a decrease in the decision on the power of interest in customer purchases on PT. Yamaha Indonesia MFG so that later can be analyzed in the formulation of this paper, that how customer take motorcycle purchase decisions amid the phenomenon of competition and increasingly crowded sales rivalries. The purpose of this research was to analyze the influence of motivation, perceived quality, and customer attitudes toward decisions in purchasing Yamaha motorbikes. This research uses quantitative and qualitative methods. The respondents in this research were 100 people who could meet one to five criteria consisting of; initiator (initiator), influencer (influencer), decision making (decider), purchase (buyer), user (user) motorcycle production PT. Yamaha Indonesia MFG. There are 3 hypotheses formulated and tested using the Regression Analysis method. In qualitative analysis it is obtained from the interpretation of processing data by providing information and explanation. In the results of this research shows the results of Motivation, Quality Perception, and Customer Attitudes have a relationship that has a significant impact on Purchasing Decisions.

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