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Part I. The need for integrated research approaches in social and economic development -- 1. Opportunities and challenges for integrating quantitative and qualitative research / Michael Bamberger-- 2. Issues and approaches in the use of integrated methods / Kimberly Chung -- 3. Gender issues in the use of integrated approaches / Roberta Spalter-Roth -- Part II. Lessons from the field -- Poverty analysis -- 4. Integrated approaches to poverty assessment in India/ Valerie Kozel and Barbara Parker --5. Studying interhousehold transfers and survival strategies of the poor in Cartagena, Colombia -- Education -- 6. Evaluating Nicaragua's school-based management reform / Laura Rawlings -- 7. Evaluating the impacts of decentralization and community participation on educational quality and the participation of girls in Pakistan / Guilherme sedlaced and Pamela Hunte -- Health, Water supply, and sanitation -- 8. Evaluating the impact of water supply projects in Indonesia / Gillian Brown -- 9. Social assessment of the Uzbekistan water supply, sanitation, and health project / Ayse Kudat -- 10. Using qualitative methods to strengthen economic anaysis : household decision-making on Malaria prevention in Ehipia / Julian Lampietti -- Women and Children --11. UNICEF's use of multiple methodologies : an operational context / Mahesh Patel -- Part III. Lessons learned -- 12. Lessons learned and guidelines for the use of integrated approaches / Michael bamberger -- Bibliography