Development research has been through many stages over the past few decades and during this time has experienced fluctuating appreciation by development practice. There is an increasing gap between different ways of doing development research. For some, the purpose of development research is primarily to influence policies, and in order to do this development research has to reframe its whole approach, language, and methodology.
Author:
Habermann, Birgit
Author:
Langthaler, Margarita
Reviewed by Gillian Youngs Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, UK