1 The raison d'etre of doing development research -- Doing fieldwork in developing countries : planning and logistics / Ethical practices in doing development research / Working in different cultures : issues of race, ethnicity and identity / Women, men and fieldwork : gender relations and power structures / Working with children in development / Collecting sensitive and contentious information

8 Dealing with conflicts and emergency situations / Working with partners : educational institutions / Working with partners : government ministries / Working with partners : NGOs and CBOs / Doing development research 'at home' / Quantitative, qualitative or participatory? : which method, for what and when? / Field surveys and inventories / Interviewing / Focus groups

17 Your questions answered? : conducting questionnaire surveys / Lost in translation? : the use of interpreters in fieldwork / Ethnography and participant observation / Participatory methods and approaches : tackling the two tyrannies / Diaries and case studies / Literature reviews and bibliographic searches / Using indigenous local knowledge and literature / Using images, films and photography

25 Using archives / Remote sensing, GIS and ground truthing / The importance of census and other secondary data in development studies / Using the World Wide Web for development research / Data from international agencies / Writing an effective research report or dissertation / How is research communicated professionally?